Lately there has been nothing on television. Cable delivers a bazillion channels with nothing on. You're either force fed warmed over dramas, re-runs of shows in syndication or faux reality T.V. Many times the news is hard to swallow with reports of wars, shootings, bombings and terrorist threats, its a little too much to worry about at the end of shitty day.
Cartoons and Comedy Central seem to provide more social commentary than the O'Reilly Factor, which should actually be called 'Jackass.' There's nothing on the radio either, corporate radio has killed variety. They keep costs down by syndicating shows and replaying the same 14 songs all day which gets downright annoying. Not to mention the fact that satellite radio is complete bullshit.
People have to buy a subscription to the service when radio has been a free medium since its inception. If people want to pay money to hear songs they like, or hear a certain format they should go to the bar and piss away 30 bucks on the juke box. The best way to describe the the American consumer, save for savvy college kids and independent thinkers, is that they are essentially sheep, and the media is the shepherd or farmer. The farmer feeds the sheep, the sheep eat what the farmer feeds them, and lately the sheep have been eating a steady diet of shit. The best course of action would be to take the advice of psychologist and proponent of psychadelic drugs Dr. Timothy Leary and "Turn on, tune in, drop out." Don't be a sheep people.
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Great rant on tv and radio. Maybe you should think about picking up a book!
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