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10. Tell your relatives to turn off Faux "news."

Reply to spanone (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 29, 2012, 03:49 PM

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Coarseness and dumbing-down of our modern culture (cross-post) [View all] cilla4progress Dec 2012 OP

I find it difficult to recommend your post enough. planetc Dec 2012 #1

I agree with you about the poor quality, stupidity & pointless shows. . . BigDemVoter Dec 2012 #17

was discussing this with a client just yesterday..... gblady Dec 2012 #2

You didn't pick up on any of this over 20 years until you finally got a TV? Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2012 #3

It's sort of a Rip Van Winkle thing slackmaster Dec 2012 #4

Yes ... cilla4progress Dec 2012 #11

i agree. just spent a week with relatives. saw teevee i would never watch.... spanone Dec 2012 #5

Tell your relatives to turn off Faux "news." Archae Dec 2012 #10

nope they didn't watch faux. most of the programming is shit across the board. spanone Dec 2012 #18

American culture has always been coarse and rude. kwassa Dec 2012 #6

it used to be a bit different..believe me. nt barnabas63 Dec 2012 #8

There have always been elements of coarseness in our culture IDemo Jan 2013 #31

I agree.... barnabas63 Dec 2012 #7

Wow! That brought back a lot of memories. Jazzgirl Dec 2012 #16

I also find it obnoxious and manipulating to over-dramatize such things as Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #9

Sad, cilla4progress Dec 2012 #12

And don't forget the ubiquitous conditioning that no one succeeds against the Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #13

Hell, TV "news" programs feature music and overly dramatic vocals as well deutsey Jan 2013 #26

+1. it's all so manipulative. i wonder if it always was or if you just notice it more as you age? HiPointDem Jan 2013 #28

How right you are! Not only is TV pretty awful now, but I'm amazed at how critics fall over downandoutnow Dec 2012 #14

I'll mention Russia in the late 1910s through the 1920s. Igel Dec 2012 #15

Ang Lee is an American. Naturalized counts you know. His films are produced in the US for some Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #19

Haven't seen it, but recall hearing of it. cilla4progress Dec 2012 #21

I think we receive about 150 stations (DirectTV) but of them only about 5 are watched 1-Old-Man Dec 2012 #20

What about PBS and cilla4progress Dec 2012 #22

That is a particular pet peeve of mine 1-Old-Man Dec 2012 #24

Oddly enough this song was released 20 years ago Fumesucker Dec 2012 #23

it is called raunch society and has permeated who we are. to the extent our congressmen say fuck u seabeyond Jan 2013 #25

Impressed to hear your kids are so discriminating! cilla4progress Jan 2013 #27

I've thought about this and I think the only solution is self-generated content. sibelian Jan 2013 #29

Nice! cilla4progress Jan 2013 #30

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