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by BoingBoomTschak 9 days ago
It's not called an "idiot box" for nothing =)
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analog8374 9 days ago
it isn't the obvious idiocy that you've got to worry about, it's the not-obvious idiocy
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BoingBoomTschak 9 days ago
Why not both?
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analog8374 9 days ago
because the not-obvious is harder to see.
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nephihaha 9 days ago
A fair point. I would argue that middle brow content is more dangerous. A lot of documentaries, news and political content will promote ideas which sound sophisticated or reasonable, but are no such thing.
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