I never Watched Dallas or Dynasty, football or baseball, any of the krackyoki shows like American Idol or the dance one or the reality shows. I do watch Hells Kitchen but it's not reality. So I always had that problem.
Think back to Walter Cronkite when he went to Vietnam and watched us win the largest battle of the war and came back and told everyone we lost. Be cause of him we eventually did. I'm glad that can't happen again. On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not just Fox, that just was a point of data (that even the top news channel > in ratings in primetime would have been canceled in the 80s in a midnight > slot due to low ratings) > > Discovery vs History. Comedy Central. Cartoon Network. ESPNs. like 8 Home > improvement channels. Cooking vs Car shows. MMA vs WWE. > > It used to be that the entire country was watching 1 of 3 news broadcasts at > 6. and 1 of 3 sitcoms at 8pm. and the same news magazine show at 7:00 on > Sunday. And the same movie at 6:00 on Sunday. And the same cartoons at > 8:00am on Saturday morning. And the same talk show at 11:00pm. And the same > cooking show at 10:00am Sunday morning. And the same football game at 8:00 > on monday night. > > It was a common touchpoint. EVERYONE had the same point of reference, the > same jokes, something to talk about with ANYONE you met. Anywhere in the > country. > > Now, if you want to talk about what you saw, you either need to talk to a > very small group of people with the same interests and outlook and political > leaning and hobbies, or you need to have a one-sided conversation. > > We have segmented into tiny little enclaves of like-minded people, who > seldom venture out of their comfort zone. > > And although it is great in some ways, we have lost that common fabric, and > have not replaced it with anything. > > And that cannot be good. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:304376 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
