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WSJ: we should fund PBS, but remove anything remotely liberal. “But real history, meaning something that happened in the past as opposed to the recent present, with which PBS, alas, cannot be trusted.”
Season premiere of Six Feet Under, 9pm tonight. Can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait!
The stupid and ridiculous Broadcast Flag was struck down in US Appeals Court on Friday. Congratulations to the EFF and Cory on this victory.
According to this article, The Simpsons have some new writing blood and the episodes are getting better. I’m skeptical because the show has been marginal for years now…maybe I’ll have to give it another try.
Steven Johnson says watching TV makes you smarter. The argument is that media has had to get more cognitively challenging to hold the attention of viewers. Evolutionarily speaking, attention is the scarce commodity that creates competition here, driving adaptation in the direction of more social and narrative complexity to hold that attention.
Great list of favorite memories from Sesame Street. I’d completely forgotten about the noo-ne-noo-ne-noo typewriter. I’m gonna be humming that all day now.
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