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_Bon_Vivant_ t1_j5njqb7 wrote
_Bon_Vivant_ t1_j5njawp wrote
_Bon_Vivant_ t1_j2fuk0f wrote
Reply to comment by Tracktack007 in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (spoiler type thing alert) by forced_spontaneity
Such an underappreciated, comedic genius line.
_Bon_Vivant_ t1_iybsgb2 wrote
Princess Bride. (Movie 1987)
Lonesome Dove (Book and TV mini-series 1989).
Of Mice And Men (Book and Movie 1992)
Casablanca (Movie 1942)
ShÅgun (Book and TV mini-series 1980)
The Fall (Movie 2006)
_Bon_Vivant_ t1_iu9spt9 wrote
Reply to Ted Koppel, 1980. Nightline started as a daily update during the Iran hostage crisis. In the decades after Walter Cronkite retired, Koppel continued the practice of thorough, factual reporting. by L0st_in_the_Stars
Nightline was the the catalyst that spawned the News for Profit, and thereby the Sensationalist fear mongering that we have in the news today. Nightline birthed Fox News and CNN.
Before Nightline, news was a loss leader in TV broadcasting. Networks lost money broadcasting news. Networks only ran news because the FCC required it in order to obtain and maintain a broadcast license. But the benefit for society was, since they weren't trying to attract eyeballs to the screen for ad revenue, they could keep the news to honest, boring news. They didn't need to sensationalize stories by appealing to viewers primal instincts of fear, sex and gossip.
Now, fear is the main driver of society, and bad actor adversarial governments have leveraged that fact to topple their adversaries from the inside, and social media has only amplified their ability to do that exponentially.
Democracy itself is threatened by what Nightline spawned.
_Bon_Vivant_ t1_j6lytjv wrote
Reply to Who do you think is the hottest on this list at their peak (1950s and 1960s)? by [deleted]
Elizabeth Taylor....hands down.
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