Tuesday, November 4, 2008

And the Lord said, " Read Tube of Plenty."

This section of the Tube was just a little boring at times but I think it was still full of some really good stuff that we could make modern day comparissons with. For example, when TV started making its first big appearances the whole economy got raddled. Especially movie theatres, they lost hundreds of them nationwide and the TV hadnt beeen around that long. Sporting events also suffered along with popular radio shows. I tried to make a modern day comparisson with the internet, and what I came up with was piracy. The movie and music industry hve been helped but mostly hurt buy the internet. So I thought that was interesting. The Red Scare was becoming a huge deal. Those outspoken about the scareblamed Hollywood figures because they believed they were using these forms of entertainment like TV to get their message out to the public. Today we're always seeing the newest Al Queda video in a cave somewhere and we're always hearing how the internet is making these guys stronger and smarter and more capable of excecuting their plans. Good Night and Goodluck.

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