X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,4cc9971bed001d64 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-24 04:29:18 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed.dacom.co.kr!intgwlon.nntp.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!newsfeeds.bigpond.com!not-for-mail From: el_zoof@bigpond.com (Bruce Greenwood) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: TV6 closed Message-ID: <3c4ffd69.3976427@news.bigpond.com> References: <3c4f2d0c.16712581@News.CIS.DFN.DE> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Lines: 20 Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:29:17 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.54.171.159 X-Trace: newsfeeds.bigpond.com 1011875101 203.54.171.159 (Thu, 24 Jan 2002 23:25:01 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 23:25:01 EST Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com) Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:14017 On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 11:56:53 +0000 (UTC), drsquare wrote: >What's dissent got to do with telly? *Sigh* Russia is a totalitarian society in which the free press - which TV6 used to be a member of - is basically told to either support the current government, take a nice little vacation in Siberia, or take advantage of the new free ventilation program(holes everywhere). TV is a medium. It can be used to disseminate useful information, propaganda, political messages, or shows like "Survivor". I don't think TV6 showed "Survivor". --- Bruce Greenwood Madness takes its toll, so please have exact change