Far Too Modest

Today's Strib Editorial sniffs:

American popular culture has an uncanny knack for seizing a promising new technology and converting it, before long, into junk. That's an awfully broad indictment, of course, but consider the evidence:

By way of evidence:

• Television: "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?"
• Radio: Howard Stern.
• The Internet: 2.4 million X-rated websites. (A rough estimate courtesy of Google.)
• ...
  But the cell phone industry has just delivered what might be the decisive blow for the prosecution. In television commercials airing this month, actress Pamela Anderson announces that fans will be able to use their video cell phones to watch snippets of "Stacked," the television sitcom that features Anderson as a daffy party girl who decides to improve herself by taking a job in a bookstore. (Stacked. Like books on a counter.)

Er, thanks. Not being Strib editorial writers, none of us would have gotten that deft bit of wordplay. I guess that's why we need the Star/Tribune, huh?

But seriously - why stop there?

• The printing press: CJ, Nick Coleman, Syl Jones, Susan Lenfestey...

That's the part that kills me; the Strib - like Minnesota Public Radio - seems to believe that they are truly created for a higher calling than the mere quest for revenue. Posted by Mitch at September 12, 2005 06:23 AM | TrackBack