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Originally posted by Donut:
I think the public does dictate what is shown on TV. If the media shows stuff that the public doesn't want the ratings go down. The dictating is done indirectly rather than overtly.
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But (this pertaining to NEWS only - not programming), if all the news programs reported the WHOLE TRUTH, we'd have no choice but to hear it...The good, the bad and the ugly. I remember when I was MUCH younger, the news for DAYS would seem so bleak. Then they started reporting the bleak and end with a few positives (good samaritans and the like). Then they stopped reporting the bleak at all. If they had kept reporting the bad with some good at the end to lift us up in the end, we would all still watch. Don't you agree?
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[This message has been edited by DragonMage (edited 09-12-2001).]