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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
That's a whole 'nother evil, kutulu.
Yeah, I get tired of the barage of Dora, Thomas the Tank Engine, Arthur and Clifford merchandise being thrust at me...and my kid. That's the marketing end of it, though. That's good ol' capitalistic making-a-buck.
All I'm saying is, is it so damn hard to air 3 hours of "educational" programming per week? I don't think that it is. And, if it is, then it damn sure as hell shouldn't be. Look...I like mindless junk TV as much as the next guy. Hell, I actually look forward to Tuesday nights so I can watch NCIS. But, along with the junk, there has to be some quality programming to go along with it.
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It's totally not too hard to have 3 hours of educational programming. However, as pointed out earlier, 'educational' programming includes crap like the Teletubbies. It is a useless metric. Unless they want to rigorously define what constitutes 'educational' quality AND do something to restrict the barrage of marketting during that time, then it is pointless.
Don't get me wrong, I watch plenty of TV myself and would watch more if we hadn't made a decision to limit our little one's exposure (I don't want to give the impression that I'm
this guy).