Once upon a time there were mass media, and they were wicked, of course, and there was a guilty party. Then there were the virtuous voices that accused the criminals. And Art (ah, what luck!) offered alternatives, for those who were not prisoners to the mass media. Well, it's all over. We have to start again from the beginning, asking one another what's going on.
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Seemingly minor yet persistent things penetrate the mind over time making it difficult to ever realize the impact; hence, though quite unfortunate, the most dangerous forms of corruption are those that are subtle and below the radar.
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Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
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People sometimes imagine that just because they have access to so many newspapers, radio and TV channels, they will get an infinity of different opinions. Then they discover that things are just the opposite: the power of these loudspeakers only amplifies the opinion prevalent at a certain time, to the point where it covers any other opinion.
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The average TV commercial of sixty seconds has one hundred and twenty half-second clips in it, or one-third of a second. We bombard people with sensation. That substitutes for thinking.
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People are sheep. TV is the shepherd.
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Pwede nga ring yung TV ang may sumpa. Dahil ang TV, para ring drugs, pero ligal. Isipin mo, bakit isa ito sa mga unang-unang ipinupundar ng mga Pilipino kahit gaano sila kahirap? Kasi malaking tulong ang telebisyon para lumimot. Para tumakas sa realidad. Kahit mag-isa ka lang sa bahay, nababawasan ang lungkot kung may TV. Nakakatanggal-buryong kung wala kang trabaho. Mas entertaining kesa sa diyaryo, at mas accessible kesa sa sine. Pwede rin itong tagapag-alaga ng mga anak mo. Pwedeng ulam kung sakto lang ang budget pambili ng ng bigas. At pwedeng bintana kung parang bartolina lang ang tirahang tinutulugan ng mag-anak mo, dahil may magaganda itong lugar at magagandang tao. Kumpleto sa sayawan, kantahan, tawanan, pantasya, at boksing. Burado ang mga suliranin mo. Pag sinuswerte ka, pwede ka pang manalo.
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What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.
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