Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-k Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:Pucc-I:Pucc-K:agz From: agz@pucc-k (Andrew Banta) Newsgroups: net.tv,net.flame Subject: Re: ABC & USA: The Final Opinion Message-ID: <430@pucc-k> Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 02:51:25 EDT Article-I.D.: pucc-k.430 Posted: Fri Oct 12 02:51:25 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 06:57:57 EDT References: <153@dmcnh.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University Lines: 27 I certainly must admit that I had never viewed (er, thought of) TV in that sense. If you want purely fictional, non-stop-drivel, entertainment, of course TV is the way to go. I just also figured that it was the obligation of the networks and TV stations to inform people who would normally never find out otherwise that the president was shot, there is an election coming up, or other things that effect people overall. Now that I think about it, there are probably alot of people who really don't care. I guess that's their perogative. I certainly do care. (That's why I rioted last Saturday night :-)) How about if we just say that people who really are interested in the world will look to something other than TV for news-worthy items. Just an interesting question: Does anyone out there know of any people who turn on the TV when thye walk in the door and turn it off when they leave or go to bed? These were the people I was flaming in my last letter. These probably also the people who write in to complain that their TV show was cancelled ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andy Banta {decvax!allegra!ihnp4}!pur-ee!pucc-k!agz Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University --- "I'm OK, You're a CS Major" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Nothing's good, the news is bad. The heat goes on and it drives you mad ... "