
405 The Problem with..."New York Hobos and Amusing Ourselves to Death, Part 2"
The Problem with Reading
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The Medium, Part Two
Part two of Neil Postman's series on the medium and its inherent bias. He argues that every technology, communication medium has an agenda. And his argument is entertainment - there's nothing so bad you couldn't tune in again to hear more about it. The only counter example i can think of with this was news casters were acting to nine 11. It took an attack on american soil, in fact, one in a lot of these newscasters back yards, to actually get them to break the entertainment facade.
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