Minow told the assembled broadcast executives that if they spent but one day with their eyes “glued to” their television sets, he could assure them that they would “observe a vast wasteland.” He was referring to their product, television programing.
America has become a 'vast wasteland' of sex and violence
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For the criticism over his speech, Minow said he didn’t support censorship, preferring exhortation and measures to broaden public choices.
Ex-FCC chief, public TV advocate Newton Minow dead at 97
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