“The once inviolate frame within which programs or commercials were displayed on television - always separately - has been violated to a pulp. Program content is seen increasingly as a mere backdrop on which ads are posted like billboards on a fence.” Has BeensTelevisionProgramMereAdsFencePulpBillboardsBackdrop Author:Tom Shales
“In the realm of pop celebrity, the bar has been lowered so far that there is no bar. People can be famous for being famous, famous for being infamous, famous for having once been famous and, thanks largely to the Internet, famous for not being famous at all.” PeopleWorldHas BeensAmericaModernInternetPopsBarsThanksRealmsModern WorldBeing FamousInfamous Author:Tom Shales
