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From: agz@pucc-k (Andrew Banta)
Newsgroups: net.tv,net.flame
Subject: Re: ABC vs. the USA
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Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 00:15:33 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 12 00:15:33 1984
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> I can see no good reason why all three networks have to carry the
> debates.  Do you get ABC but not NBC or CBS in your area? 

As a matter of fact (living in a basement apartment and not wanting to
pay for cable), I do only get NBC. I don't remember anyone stating that
you had to be able to afford it to get the news. I get a little tired of
all the lunkheads writing into to anywhere that they feel is appropriate
and bitching because some network broadcast a speech by the president, a
convention, a debate, the president getting shot, the beginning of
WWIII, or any other item that is news-worthy to the entire populace
because it pre-empted their favourite show. I get a little tired of
people thinking that the world revolves around Dallas, As the Net Turns,
or Hill Street Blues. If they'd get out of their easy chair, take a look
around them at what goes on, and do something about it, as opposed to
living in a TV fantasy world, the world might not be in such sh*tty
shape. I recently read a news item where a *13* year old went crazy
trying to pull his parents out of an overturned car because *she thought
the car was going to explode*!!! Now I have nothing wrong with her
trying to get her parents out of the car, although my inclination would
have been to call an ambulance squad and let them take care of it
properly. She didn't get the idea that the car was going to explode from
just out of the blue. Think about it, when was the last time you
*didn't* see an overturned car explode on TV?

But I guess people are just going to sit around and continue watching TV
non-stop, just because it's there, and melted their brains into oblivion
with fantasy, fiction, and comedy.

A note to the poster of the inserted article above. I realize that I
took that line out of context. Even so, I still disagree with the notion
that we should let people watch what they want while ignoring important
and historic events.


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"I got a little black book with my poems in,
 Got a bag for comb and my toothbrush in,
 Got thirteen channels of shit on the TV to choose from.
 I've got wild staring eyes,
 And I'v got a strong urge to fly,
 But I've got nowhere to fly to ... "