June 12, 2024

Comfortably numb

TV Guide: What is TV's greatest need? 

Gore Vidal: A sense that getting people to buy things they do not need is morally indefensible. One does not ask for Utopia, only a slightly less frantic exploitation of the innocent. 

From the May 9, 1964 issue. It's not often that I find myself agreeing with Gore Vidal, at least not politically, but in this case I can't possibly find myself disagreeing.  TV  

1 comment:

  1. Gore Vidal was all over the place politically. He managed of PO both right and left (I can relate). He did write some interesting books. I don't I ever finished one.

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