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tech3149

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3. I'd like to say that turning off th TV is a good first step but
Wed Aug 26, 2015, 12:11 PM
Aug 2015

That is only the first step. I'm sure you've heard the term lowest common denominator. Broadcast media is the lowest common denominator. How much of the population only gets it s information from broadcast news?
Those friends that are willing to listen, I tell them to turn off the TV, throw away the paper (unless you are wiling to read dozens of papers every day) and most of those John Prine fans will agree with me.

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