Media is dominated by the left for the same reason the arts have always been dominated by the left. Leftist politics are the politics of feelings, and artists are people ruled by feelings. Conservatives by and large aren’t drawn to acting and writing and painting as careers, subsequently we’ll never be the majority voice in TV, movies, performing arts or visual arts. As for journalists, remember most journalists are failed authors who found out they couldn’t come up with plot or characters, so they resorted to writing about the real world where plot and characters are provided for free. So of course they’re libs, and bitter ones at that because they failed at what they wanted. Presenters are largely failed actors, so again of course they’re libs. As for the “blackballed” conservatives, they’re the odd men out, they don’t fit in, don’t go to the same social events, don’t always get along with their co-workers. And, of course, putting the government in charge won’t fix that.
The BBC gets its funding from the government. If your government isn’t exercising control over it it’s just out of luck. Money from the government ALWAYS comes with strings, and those strings will be pulled, the only question is when not if. Deny it if you chose but you’re ignoring thousands of years of recorded human history to do so.
Hey it’s 2 hours longer to see it coming than you’ve got. Might not be enough time, but it’s time.
No it’s because government employees tend to be idealists and lifers. Most government jobs you make less money than you would doing the same thing in the private sector, there’s a certain kind of person willing to make that sacrifice, and those people stay until retirement time usually straight out of college. So 40 to 45 years of “service” is not uncommon, so we’ve got people working in the government that got there during the Carter administration, doing their job with whatever ideals got them there in the first place, prioritizing their work according to those ideals, regardless of how those ideals match the current administration’s goals. Corporals run the army, secretaries run the office, guess who really decides what America’s priorities are.
BSG was a remake, but it was dramatically different than anything else on TV at the time, and still now. Much thicker character and plot development, a story largely lacking in good guys because all the characters had realistic flaws.
SyFy channels shows lots of sci-fi. BSG, Eureka, Warehouse 13, Sanctuary, Stargate. That’s all SF, and original programming SF. Then there’s all the reruns. 3 hours a week of wrestling helps them pay the bills (it is the most popular stuff on there) but it doesn’t mean they aren’t showing SF. They ARE serving a minority audience, maybe not in a way the minority audience is willing to acknowledge, but nerds are notoriously bitchy.
I won't argue with any of that. In fact it was an even more succint appraisal than mine!
The BBC gets its funding from the government. If your government isn’t exercising control over it it’s just out of luck. Money from the government ALWAYS comes with strings, and those strings will be pulled, the only question is when not if. Deny it if you chose but you’re ignoring thousands of years of recorded human history to do so.
I do so deny it. The BBC gets its funding from a form of public subscription. The government is merely the conduit through which that flows. In the same, commercial TV gets its funding through a form of public subscription. The conduit in this case is pretty much every product you buy. Because I fund it, I as a viewer and a listener have far more control over what goes on the BBC than I do over the UK's commercial channels. With them I am one step removed. I think its a better system because I'm a customer, rather than the product being sold. But that's just me.
Hey it’s 2 hours longer to see it coming than you’ve got. Might not be enough time, but it’s time.
Something like that happens over years, not hours. The old "boiling frog" analogy. Some of the storylines and characterisations that television routinely gets away with now would have caused riots twenty-thirty years back. The trick is to not give in to them. Compromise is fine, but not if only one side of the political spectrum ever does it.
No it’s because government employees tend to be idealists and lifers. Most government jobs you make less money than you would doing the same thing in the private sector, there’s a certain kind of person willing to make that sacrifice, and those people stay until retirement time usually straight out of college. So 40 to 45 years of “service” is not uncommon, so we’ve got people working in the government that got there during the Carter administration, doing their job with whatever ideals got them there in the first place, prioritizing their work according to those ideals, regardless of how those ideals match the current administration’s goals. Corporals run the army, secretaries run the office, guess who really decides what America’s priorities are.
I don't deny the truth of any of that, but I don't believe its solely the truth of the matter. Government chooses how to play the hand, but not what cards have been dealt.
BSG was a remake, but it was dramatically different than anything else on TV at the time, and still now. Much thicker character and plot development, a story largely lacking in good guys because all the characters had realistic flaws.
The character development was thicker, but only on the negative side. The storyline was incoherent and basically boiled down to an exercise in nay-saying. It was RELENTLESSLY dark. No matter what the Humans did, the Cylons always seemed to be one step ahead - no matter how unlikely a plot twist was needed to achieve that. So yes, if you like your drama to vary from deepest black all the way across to dark grey, and to be flagellated constantly for thinking that actually standing up for yourself is an ok thing to do, it was fine...
SyFy channels shows lots of sci-fi. BSG, Eureka, Warehouse 13, Sanctuary, Stargate. That’s all SF, and original programming SF. Then there’s all the reruns. 3 hours a week of wrestling helps them pay the bills (it is the most popular stuff on there) but it doesn’t mean they aren’t showing SF. They ARE serving a minority audience, maybe not in a way the minority audience is willing to acknowledge, but nerds are notoriously bitchy.
Well I have been misinformed then.