X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,4cc9971bed001d64 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-24 06:05:30 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!212.120.171.108!not-for-mail From: grue@mail.ru (Timofei Shatrov) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: TV6 closed Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 19:04:02 GMT Lines: 31 Message-ID: <3c50599e.9873040@News.CIS.DFN.DE> References: <3c4f2d0c.16712581@News.CIS.DFN.DE> <3c4ffd69.3976427@news.bigpond.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.120.171.108 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1011881128 36724421 212.120.171.108 (16 [101885]) X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:14019 On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:29:17 GMT, el_zoof@bigpond.com (Bruce Greenwood) tried to confuse everyone with this message: >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". > ORT shows "Survivor"(aka "The Last Hero"). TV6 showed "Big Brother" (aka "Behind the Glass"). We have everything in Russia :) -- #__|___|_/########\___|__############################################### #|___|#######O#O####|___|# Timofei Shatrov aka Grue (grue -> mail.ru) # #__|__\###########/___|__# http://grue3.tripod.com # #|___|_\#########/__|__Gr#########################################[4*72]