In the article "The Age of Show Business", by Neil Postman, he talks about television as a medium that is aimed only for emotional gratification. Thinking is rarely shown or done because it is boring and the audience will loose interest. Which in turn is bad for business and the networks can’t have that. Even the Daily News shows, show daily clips of tragic events is done so just for ratings. As a result the news and information becomes basis. They use tricks such attractive news anchors, exciting music and eye-catching commercials. No matter what we see on TV, it is all one big act which stops at nothing to keep us focused on what they have to show us about “Our reality”. One of my favorite Simpson episodes shows this in action when Bart and Lisa become co-anchors of a TV kids News Show.
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