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Television Was The Most Revolutionary Event Of The Century. Its Importance Was In A Class With The Discovery Of Gunpowder And The Invention Of The Printing Press, Which Changed The Human Condition For Centuries Afterward.

Notice, For Example, That People Who Talk About "the Joys Of Childhood" Are Always Adults. Only An Adult, Utterly Remote From The Reality Of Childhood, Could Suppose It Is Time Of Joys.

It Is Fitting That Yesteryear's Swashbuckling Newspaper Reporter Has Turned Into Today's Solemn Young Sobersides Nursing A Glass Of Watered White Wine After A Day Of Toiling Over Computer Databases In A Smoke-free, Noise-free Newsroom.

Americans Like Fat Books And Thin Women.

There Is A Growing Literature About The Multitude Of Journalism's Problems, But Most Of It Is Concerned With The Editorial Side Of The Business, Possibly Because Most People Competent To Write About Journalism Are Not Comfortable Writing About Finance.