“We know that ATT is upgrading their TCI network to provide voice services, but we believe that upgrade will go beyond that, for total interactivity at very reliable rates. Video telephone calls, downloading music videos, television broadcasts, online newspapers - all of this would be in digital mode. I think they certainly intend to be the one-stop shop and once they do that, it will force the other multiple system operators to follow suit.” ThinkingKnowsBelieveWould BeForceVoiceTelevisionRateNewspapersVideoSuitsShopsDigitalOnlineMultipleTelephonesOperatorsUpgradingDownloading Music Author:Robert Rosenberg
“With issues like our country's teen-age pregnancy rate, fashion's importance ranks right up there with cleaning your ears. Except right before going on television to talk about teen-age pregnancy rates, when all I can think of is what I'm going to wear.” ThinkingI CanCountryAgeIssuesFashionTelevisionEarsImportanceRateOur CountryPregnancyCleaning Author:Jane Pratt
“What you don't see on television is people dying today because they can't get to a doctor and they can't afford prescription drugs. That's why they are also dying. They are dying in Iraq because they are poor and they have gone into the military because they can't afford to go to college. They're dying because they're living in communities where asthma rates are extremely high because the air is filthy. The suffering of the poor and working class people is a virtual nonissue for the media. But that is the reality.” PeopleRealityTodaySufferingCommunityPoorClassGoneAirDyingMediaMilitaryTelevisionCollegeDrugDoctorsRateIraqWorking ClassPrescriptionsFilthyPrescription DrugsAsthmaPeople Dying Author:Bernie Sanders
“Do you know what our suicide rate would be if we didn't have television? Do you know how much happiness I've brought to people who couldn't get out of the house but could watch Love Boat?” PeopleIfsKnowsWould BeHouseWatchesKnow HowTelevisionSuicideRateBoatDo You KnowLove Boat Author:Aaron Spelling
“The world is going mad at an accelerating rate and television is the Typhoid Mary of this madness.” WorldTelevisionMadnessMadRateMaryTyphoid Author:Edward Robb Ellis