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Television: "A vast wasteland" (1961)

Former FCC chair Newton Minnow's famous critique.

vimeo.com/55481067

HN discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3

VimeoTelevision "A Vast Wasteland" (1961)By Media Talk 101
#TV#Television#NewtMinnow

And whilst we're on media...

The commercial / advertising-based broadcast model didn't spring forth like Venus on the half shell. It was made.

See Robert W. McChesney's Telecommunications, mass media and democracy : the battle for control of U.S. broadcasting, 1928-35 (1995)

worldcat.org/title/telecommuni

archive.org/details/telecommun

libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=0

www.worldcat.orgTelecommunications, mass media and democracy : the battle for control of U.S. broadcasting, 1928-35 (Book, 1995) [WorldCat.org]Get this from a library! Telecommunications, mass media and democracy : the battle for control of U.S. broadcasting, 1928-35. [Robert W McChesney]
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