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Re: debates (was: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing")
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 6 Oct 2002 14:03:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
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> Well, that's sort of technically true, but at the same time, the thread
> wouldn't have started without the context that leads to it. In that way, it is
> a continuation of more than one other thread in which TWW was cited. So I
> think that's what Ed was picking up on.
Exactly.
> The crux of it though, is that forming your opinions based on any TV show is
> somewhat dangerous because of the propagandist nature of the medium. If
> we see people accepting as fact, things presented in fictional TV shows,
> it may concern us. OTOH, if you think about what they're saying a bunch, and
> agree with it, then there isn't any harm. TV as a medium is certainly capable
> of bringing a whole world of new ideas to us.
So what medium isn't spewing propaganda?
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> I remember reading something in my childhood, it may have been an article in TV
> Guide, that talked about the many letters the performers in Soap Operas got
> condemning their behavior...as if they had anything to do with real life! So
> the notion that people *don't* believe too much reality into TV shows is silly.
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> Chris
It would be interesting to see the ratio of those letters received to viewers.
IS it 1%, 10%. I don;t think it would be very high at all.
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