http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/09/26/tv-news/ Gardening, rural life, nature and general observations from a west Texas perspective. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:46:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/09/26/tv-news/#comment-4850 pablo Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:38:19 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/09/26/tv-news/#comment-4850 In my opinion, most people want scripts for their lives. This is why advertising and religion work so well. Folks don't have to think and consider. Not if they can get thoughts and behaviors and opinions fed to them. Nothing is more fascinating than "news porn." The more lurid and compelling the details or the images, the more people are interested. More interested in the "porn" than the cause or implications, they absorb this stuff like sponges and that alone become their basis for conversation and understanding. I must stop. I'm depressing myself. In my opinion, most people want scripts for their lives. This is why advertising and religion work so well. Folks don’t have to think and consider. Not if they can get thoughts and behaviors and opinions fed to them. Nothing is more fascinating than “news porn.” The more lurid and compelling the details or the images, the more people are interested. More interested in the “porn” than the cause or implications, they absorb this stuff like sponges and that alone become their basis for conversation and understanding. I must stop. I’m depressing myself.

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