John Dvorak's (PC-Mag) column on Joe Millionaire

[GreenGhost]

It surprised me that he used his on-line column (I don't know if it's the same in the printed version) to discuss if there should be a Congressional hearing on "public trust" issues of so-called reality shows. He makes a point that you have to use the Internet to dig the 'truth' behind the show (the contestants are actresses, etc), and that's also what's happening with news.

Certainly, the fact that news organizations play along is annoying, but hardly surprising, since they are all owned by big entertainment conglomerates. The fact that they act like that for ALL news is more troubling, and maybe one of the reasons the US now ranks low in the global Freedom of Press index (50th or so, I don't have the link to where I read it, not in CNN, for sure!).

And then, who gives a damn?

Article here:

link to column

 

[dmcowen674]

"We're becoming Sovietized".

That was the key line of his entire article.

 

[Martin]

Nice column. Good thing I don't watch TV anymore (other than the simpsons, daily show and family guy)

 

[ElFenix]

the chicks on joe millionaire are all actresses? sweet!

 

[vi edit]

I guess I all I have to say is "WHOOP DEE FSCKING DOO!".

Nearly every single congress person we have in office has some kind of skeleton in the closet that is hidden, burried, or silenced one way or another to a majority of the public, and I think that's a far greater threat to us than somebody having an "alternate identity" on a freaking tv show.

 

[wyvrn]

If you look at the history of our political leaders, you would realize this is nothing new.

Originally posted by: vi_edit
I guess I all I have to say is "WHOOP DEE FSCKING DOO!".

Nearly every single congress person we have in office has some kind of skeleton in the closet that is hidden, burried, or silenced one way or another to a majority of the public, and I think that's a far greater threat to us than somebody having an "alternate identity" on a freaking tv show.

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: MartyTheManiak
Nice column. Good thing I don't watch TV anymore (other than the simpsons, daily show and family guy)

hehe

My girlfriend is in the same position. She's not pregnant aside from that little person growing in her uterus. 😛

 

[Tripleshot]

Dvorak is an ass. I gave him a black pocket T anandtech shirt at Comdex a few years ago , and the smart ass just thew it over his shoilder into a corner and said, "great, another niteshirt to wear to bed." That ingrate aragant bastard lost all credibilty with me.

I notice he is not on Tech TV anymore either. Must be his attitude is wanted there either. Good ridince.😉

 

[LeeTJ]

nice column. interesting ideas.

 

[tk149]

Yes, just what we need. More government interference in our entertainment industry.

It's a TV show. If people wish to believe "reality" shows are the equivalent of news shows, then they need to take a reality pill (the red one?). If they don't care enough to do a little research to find out if it's real or not, then they don't deserve to know.

Dvorak...who the hell listens to this guy? I got PC Mag for a year (for free) and never thought he had any good ideas in his column.