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From: ag5@pucc-i (Henry C. Mensch)
Newsgroups: net.tv,net.flame
Subject: Re: ABC & USA: The Final Opinion
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Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 02:34:55 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 12 02:34:55 1984
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>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.
>[Andy Banta]
Anybody with a *real* mind doesn't depend upon the boob tube for news.
I find it very hard to take anything the three major networks have to say
(in the area of news commentary) very seriously. This is so particularly
when I see these bimbos broadcasting such crap as they do these days
while dinging the better shows ("All in the Family" had some of the
best social commentary of it's time, and "The Paper Chase" gave
Americans a glimpse into the academic institution that they haven't
seen before.)
Depending on the tube for news is like depending upon the *Purdue Exponent*
for world news.....
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