Newton Minow will always be remembered for a 1961 speech in which he described television as a “vast wasteland.”
However, late in life he became less concerned about TV’s wastefulness and more troubled by its very vastness.
The legendary former FCC chairman knew a thing or two about television, having studied it for most of his adult life.
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