Sent to the LA Times in June of 2009 in response to an article painting a doomsday-scenario, sensationalistic picture of life for some folks after the Digital TV Conversion (being “left in the dark,” and having “no access to the outside world” - open a damn window, I say):
Hi there,
I just read your article regarding the Digital TV conversion, which, as I understood it, paints a pretty bleak picture for those folks who haven’t managed to make the switch to a digital converter or what-have-you.
It really does beg the question: Are these folks really going to be missing much? Between the atrocious bias featured in nearly every news program and the inane, insipid reality television programming (“Rock of Love Bus” and “America’s Next Top Model” come to mind), it seems as though a conscientious government who wanted a thinking, intelligent population would outlaw the television and mandate that its citizens read something. Or maybe spend time with their families.
I’m not a conspiracy theorist or “some nut job.” I’m just looking at this situation from an objective perspective.
Of course, the mind-numbing marketing and propaganda that permeate every aspect of modern “entertainment” (and I use the term as loosely as possible) wouldn’t reach their intended audiences. People wouldn’t know how to act or what to buy. They wouldn’t know what kind of cars they wanted to drive. They might not even have anything to discuss around their water coolers at work. All commerce would screech to a halt and the apocalypse would most certainly ensue. And the most frightening thing of all could happen: People might just start thinking for themselves again.
I guess it’s just one man’s opinion, after all.
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