“If every violent program in the nation were blipped off the air for 48 hours, and replaced by reruns of the 'Donna Reed Show', there would not be one less death in South Central LA. At most you'd have several more incidents of people shooting out their TVs.” PeopleIfsShowsNationsHoursAirTelevisionTvsProgramSouthViolentShootingReplacedIncidentsReedsReruns48 Hours Author:J. Michael Straczynski
“The Web, the great time-killer that had replaced conspicuously passive television with its seductive illusion of productivity.” TelevisionIllusionProductivityKillersPassiveReplacedGreat TimesSeductive Author:Lionel Shriver
“What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.” ArtPoliticalMediaTelevisionOffersMassForgottenEntertainmentDishesReplacedConsumedMass MediaNew MediaMass Consumption Author:W. H. Auden
“The age of printed pamphlets and political essays has long since been replaced by television, a distracting and absorbing medium which seems determined to entertain itself more than it informs and educates.” LongSeemsAgePoliticalTelevisionDeterminedMediumsEducateReplacedEssaysPrintedAbsorbing Author:Al Gore
“I think television is one of the last real bastions of the white beauty standard, but still in many industries the workers can be replaced by someone who's willing to play the game or who looks like the person in charge. And this is a problem for all women, not just women of color.” ThinkingLooksPersonsStillsRealPlayProblemLastsGamesWhiteTelevisionColorWillingIndustryStandardsWorkersReplaced Author:Jami Floyd