Barrett Garese

When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That’s a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It’s the truth.

Steve Jobs (Source)

Agree with this 100%

(via justin)

This is why I laugh every time someone mentions “the liberal media.” Entertainment is one of the mirrors of our society - it gives us what we actually want, not what we say we want. Think of it in terms of your Netflix queue versus your Netflix “recently watched” - one is what you say you want, the other is what you actually do. They exist because you pay attention, even with a thousand other channels and a hundred thousand other distractions. And it’s not just the networks either, it’s any and all form of entertainment - TV, film, online, video games, etc. It’s not their fault - their job is just trying to figure out what you’re going to like this season. If you don’t like what’s on, stop watching shit.

The other reason I laugh is because multi-billion dollar, multinational, corporate conglomerates (of which at least one is owned by a prominent weapons manufacturer) rarely come in “liberal,” but that’s a topic for another day.

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Source: emilgh