08-18-2010, 04:08 AM
Quote:<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' >It's opened up the network to a broader range of viewersIf everyone attempts to broadcast to the broadest range of viewers, they will all broadcast the same middle-of-the-road stuff.
</blockquote> Which isn't necessarily bad. Is it truly a bad thing to have certain institutions that link a people together, rahtther than ever increasing smaller and smaller niche markets?
Quote:I don't get Bravo. The other trouble I see with TLC is that these shows ll delve deeply into the personal lives of the "characters." These aren't actors, but real people? Where, exactly, does privacy begin? Is privacy still valued in our society?
there are certain things, after all, which do not need airing to the viewing audience.
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And I will bring an extra pint -- B. Bragg
Corporations, which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people's masters. -- Grover Cleveland
When the laws are used to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society -- the farmers, mechanics, and laborers -- who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government -- Andrew Jackson
"Capitalism takes no prisoners and kills competition where it can." -- Vince Cable