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KENNY LAKE NOTES
One of the things I’ve noticed in
my stay away from the plateau is the pait
TY plays in the make up of people who
view it. constantly,, It’s one of the most
moving forces or media to he contended
with by modern man - why? It is a crutch
that daily commerce hopefully latched on
' and slyly or otherwise built into the
_aughable piece we see as a "commercial?"
Or was that just an unfortunate result
of people who were doing their best,
which was far from good enough in the
opinion of many*
Anchorage has two channels from
which to choose the daily fare. They
exist for and because of one thing,
advertising; thrown in are a number of
positively blank "fellers"; one or two
programs for the civic minded, which are
,:duced by, and feature people, who
feel responsibility toward their fellow
residents, and several programs which
leave one with the opinion that the time
~q,cnt watching it were quite an exper
ience.
Of course the majority do not think
as I do, or the offerings would “be chang
ed. Maybe I am among the majority and
something subtle and almost unnoticed has
taken place.
A general lassitude in the formation
of opinion, a nlet George do it" attitude
that applies perhaps only to entertain
ment, sihce TV is not the only output,
simply the most reknown one.
This^ doesn’ t...apply to...publi?.....9P.i?ii.9.^.
in other fields; in politics the people j
c'~ ” ' : '.allots pretty much as j
■cneri- inner searching prompted them to* ;
In the c onomical picture there are i
as - o -'•vN-i-rip- v.-\ pinfj being
implemented. ±±. Alaska as There are else
where r the saiLo ~ ;any other fields* ,
Why then th" _ lapse, or lethargy,
that steals in when the favorite arm chair !
is filled and the magic button twirled. j
Robert Hutchins, ex-Chancelor of the Un
iversity of Chicago asked a few years
back "how long has it been since your mind ;
was stretched by a new idea?" I'm afraid? ■!
with distressingly few exceptions, it
could be answered, "Since the last time
we couldn't get our TV repaired for a
whole week!" I
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