The Dirty Digger

On This Day In History
1980: C.N.N. launches

Quote Of The Day
"As C.N.N. saw our growth in African-American viewership, they affirmed a fundamental truth of news coverage - people will watch you if they see themselves in what you report. It doesn't hurt if the people doing the reporting look like them too."
(Soledad O'Brien)

Bonus Quote Of The Day
"Your image of yourself is a media myth."
(Ultravox, Fear In The Western World )

A spoonful of showbiz helps the misery go down.
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"The audience finds itself on the stage,
Fifty million people in a state of decay."
Fear In The Western World