****Very interesting commentary on the nature of the medium of Television. Written in 1985, Postman's prophetic voice rings true on so many notes. I only wish (this was also my lament after reading Postman's "Technopoly") that he was not around to put in his two cent's in the internet. I would be riveted. It is interesting that Postman's "beef" is not with the vacuous nature of most programing but rather on the presumption of some television programs to the status of a legitimate forum for serious discussion. His argument (in my layman vernacular) is that Television is a format to entertain, not to logically dialogue in any meaningful, interactive, conclusive manner.
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