Tuesday, January 24, 2017

The ostrich with its head in a hole

At halftime of any televised major league or college sports event, we have 15 minutes of coverage of just one half of one game. How often had television offered 15 minutes of coverage of a poverty in America? Before each game television gives us a half hour of pregame blather. How often do we get a half hour of coverage of issues related to climate change.

Then of course the parade of awards shows and reality shows and the occasional PBS documentary on an important social issue. More still, the same half hour of time given to world news as to entertainment news.

What would really make America great again is to get our ostrich heads out of the hole of sports and entertainment and be informed and active citizens.

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