It used to be that you could actually stay in an Olympic news-free zone through the entire day.
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The only difference is that television is such a predominant medium. ... Radio used to have sitcoms and doctor shows and cop shows and game shows and all the different genres, and television wrestled that primary entertainment away from it. But I think inRobert Thompson
There are religious activities there are wedding receptions there are a lot of family reunions there,
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Geraldo was that voice in the news business who didn't mind giving his opinion . . . wore his heart and his opinions on his sleeve, ... Once upon a time, that was unusual. Now, turn on any cablecast and you'll see the same things. Geraldo is still a brand on its own . . . like Kleenex or Xerox . . . but there are a lot of people doing Geraldo these days.
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There's a history in American culture about animals. You have sincere animals such as Rin Tin Tin and Lassie who are essentially heroic. And you've also got your wise-cracking animals. ... You turn an animal into something that becomes a commentary on the silliness of human life.
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When you've got a nation fighting a war and ... the one place in the mainstream media that seems to be doing the most about the wounded of that war is a comic strip, I think that speaks volumes.
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rough contrivance to lift from the social conscience a burden that should not be either lifted or lightened in any way.
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