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The One About TV (Television #1)

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The recent revelations that Fox hosts lied intentionally about the 2020 election is a reminder of the ever-present influence of "the dumb box" in America.

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Feb 26, 2023
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November 2, 2010 - Control room at C-SPAN.

As with the onset of many new technologies, outright praise stops after it is revealed to have a dark side. This is not dissimilar to the internet and the way overwhelming optimism about connectivity ended up being crushed by the revelations of Big Tech’s greed and the ability of websites to become radicalizatio…

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