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Re:Ira Glass: Public radio can capitalize on its popularity ... by tofupup on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @05:59PM (#9573444)
Folks seem to forgotten what happened to the Appalachian Community Service Network. We know it as TLC and while a fortune was made off of honey bobo the folk in Appalachia still have one of the lowest educational levels of working Americans. As much as I love capitalism you have to admit it does not play well with the commons.
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Re:Ira Glass: Public radio can capitalize on its popularity ... by joshuapants on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @07:06PM (#9573714)
I don't know that you could count on TV programming to have an appreciable impact on education levels. Additionally, TLC was good for years before it fell into reality show garbage, so it's not like the lack of results is the fault of capitalism.
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