[Mid] Re: sca-middle-digest V11 #159

> If PBS and NPR actually fill more than a niche
market
>then they should have no problem getting advertisers.
> If they can get advertisers then whatever their
>political leanings are, become irrelevant.

Except for the fact that once you have advertisers you
now have a 500 lb gorilla on your back telling you
what to do. TV shows, for example, have lately gone
beyond mere product spotting, to episodes where one of
the sub-plots is actually an add for something. I
remember when people were all up in arms about the
fact that young children could not differentiat
between adds and programming. Now network executives
can't tell the difference.

Avery

From: Avery Austringer <avery1415@sbcglobal.net>
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Received on Thu Jun 16 05:18:51 2005