As the UK deals with the phone hacking scandal, Canada is also pondering the role of its mass media, thanks to a CTV bureau chief publicly expressing his disgust at the business after he quit his job. The two instances are related because at the heart of both is an audience that devours pure information.
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Art Threat: The need for satire – Canada’s troublesome lack of a consistent satirical voice
Canada lacks a consistent satirical voice to point out whatever political contradictions and hypocrisies were so often set forth into the airwaves.
Continue readingArt Threat: Donald Trump goes to Washington – The dark side of TV ratings and presidential posturing
The ideology of television is not to prepare for the future, but to reflect the endless totality of the Now.
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