Just What We Need from Bad Nick by Nick Russell
Addressing the National Association of Broadcasters convention on May 9, 1961, Newton Norman Minow, then Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, referred to much of commercial television as a “vast wasteland.” Minow believed that broadcasters were not doing enough to serve the public interest, and was never quiet in his criticism of the industry.
Understandably, his message was not well received by its intended audience, and the resentment on the part of the industry was no secret. Some claim that the S.S. Minnow, the ship wrecked in the old Gilligian’s Islandsitcom, was a sarcastic reply to Minow’s comments.
Unfortunately, those words were never truer than today. Let me state right up front that I
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