Deke phoned me last night just as this program was coming through
broadcast media. Although I have optical fiber with television signal, I
use a digital antenna. My home sports a satellite dish, but it's not
turned on. Remember when you see vistas of Medieval cities sporting
dishes, that only some of them are able to tune in. Great to get a look
back.
Yeah, Iraqis weren't lying, and were being ripped off leading up to the first Gulf War from the point of view of national sovereignty. But nations are more just for show in those regions of the world, there for the benefit of TV viewers. If you're an historian of this period, don't neglect to dig deep.
The show stumbled a few times. I've talked about that elsewhere.
An irony with active journalists like that is they wouldn't get to play at that level if they were major couch potatoes, and yet TV depends on couch potatoes for its budget. At some point, couch potatoes start resenting their own lives in front of the TV and switch off, seeking adventure.
TV programmers, like computer programmers, have to walk a thin line, as if they make their worlds too engaging, they create a matrix people sense is hypnotic and seek defenses against. Good people, the kind we want to buy our consumer items and take our drugs. "Make TV good, but not too good" is the rule. 60 Minutes has been perilously too good at times.
Yeah, Iraqis weren't lying, and were being ripped off leading up to the first Gulf War from the point of view of national sovereignty. But nations are more just for show in those regions of the world, there for the benefit of TV viewers. If you're an historian of this period, don't neglect to dig deep.
The show stumbled a few times. I've talked about that elsewhere.
An irony with active journalists like that is they wouldn't get to play at that level if they were major couch potatoes, and yet TV depends on couch potatoes for its budget. At some point, couch potatoes start resenting their own lives in front of the TV and switch off, seeking adventure.
TV programmers, like computer programmers, have to walk a thin line, as if they make their worlds too engaging, they create a matrix people sense is hypnotic and seek defenses against. Good people, the kind we want to buy our consumer items and take our drugs. "Make TV good, but not too good" is the rule. 60 Minutes has been perilously too good at times.
