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Hi Brennan

I think you're right - blame has to lay with the audiences watching the
crap. I'm still amazed that Hey Hey It's Saturday rated so well it's
being brought back. Times like these that mountain cave in Nepal starts
looking mightily attractive. If it was good enough for Leonard Cohen...

warmest

m.


> Marieke,
>
>I just read your SMH article, User's Guide to Outrage and appreciate
>your comments. I recently returned to Sydney after spending 8 years in
>NZ and I was shocked at how low the target IQ for the television
>audience is here. I can't remember if it was always that way, or if it
>is something new but either way it's pretty sad.
>
>So which is worse - The people who make and air the stupid shows or the
>people watching the stupid shows? Ultimately it's all fuelled by
>advertising $$ chasing the ratings, so doesn't that mean that it comes
>back to the people who elect to watch the prime time rubbish?
>
>If that's true, then does it mean that we're getting stupider as a
>population?
>
>Anyway, saw Race Relations for the first time last night and found it
>very interesting. If a little uncomfortable at the foreskin
>reinstatement place at the end...
>
>Cheers
>
>Brennan Daly