What we need from the media

[donttread]

PBS seems to have the last of educational programming.

NOVA, Nature, Frontline etc.


edit: How it's made - science channel is still cool

One topic cable channels simply run out of material over time. There are only so many times you can watch a wildabeast get eaten by a croc on TV without it becoming ho hum. It would still be awesome to see in real life but there are only so many ideas for these one topic channels. Look at the Sci-Fi channel. They have been reduced to producing some of the worst sci-ri of all time because they have been running it 24/7 for years. They should of had 5 or 10 year run then the network should of switched to something else. If there's anything left that they haven't made a network or show about.

[Tahuyaman]

No one tells me what to think.

I haven't seen any evidence to support that claim.

[MisterVeritis]

But did you watch them when :
History channel was about history?
The learning channel was about learning?
Animal planet was about animals?
MTV was about music?
My point is these channels all switched to fake reality shows in order to stay competitive.
Real factual programming has no audience and is simply not profitable.

The business model was not appropriate. Subscription-based news and science shows are taking off. CRTV for example, cost about 90 bucks a year. It looks like a winner. I have seen adverts for science-based streaming shows for a few dollars per month.

I pay almost 200 dollars a year for the Learning Company streaming shows. They are well worth the money.

[MisterVeritis]

By logic anyone opposing the legalization of MJ should be for the prohibition of a much more dangerous drug like alcohol. But in real life they almost never are. Alcohol was outlawed because it can be dangerous. But then the country learned that prohibiton just caused more problems instead of working and they corrected their mistake in just 9 years. Why they cannot extrapolate the lesson to other drugs is amazing to me. It's like some form of partial retardation.

Join together with like-minded individuals and lobby the Congress to change the laws.

[Ransom]

Have another martini and a Cigar and $#@! some more about pot. BTW, if you were refering to me I havn't done pot in over 30 years

I think what you're trying to tell me......correct me if I'm wrong....is that you have not been high while on your personal vendetta against English grammar? That the Shaw...MacArthor.....your mastery of history and geography....is occurring...in an entirely sober state?

Good God. That means.......that would mean none other than......I mean....I had always assumed.....I....need to think about this more.

Happy Friday.

[Ransom]

Hold on.....donttread......my signature line was given...while sober? Not even slightly buzzed?

[Doublejack]

The business model was not appropriate. Subscription-based news and science shows are taking off. CRTV for example, cost about 90 bucks a year. It looks like a winner. I have seen adverts for science-based streaming shows for a few dollars per month.

I pay almost 200 dollars a year for the Learning Company streaming shows. They are well worth the money.

Interesting, I'll have to look into those.

[donttread]

Join together with like-minded individuals and lobby the Congress to change the laws.

The reality is that drug policy within the states is none of the feds business whatsoever. So I think we need to unelect as lobbying probably ain't gonna cause them to give up their usurped power.

[Ransom]

The reality is that drug policy within the states is none of the feds business whatsoever. So I think we need to unelect as lobbying probably ain't gonna cause them to give up their usurped power.

But many of the perps are federal business. Cross state lines and many come from abroad. Much of the heroin today from example comes from across the border. How would say....a state like Arizona or New Mexico not have the federal government involved in policy?

[Standing Wolf]

Sorry, but the notion of the average Trump supporter actually wanting "the whole truth and nothing but", from the media or anyone else, is laughable beyond description.