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Who called television a “vast wasteland”?

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who called television a vast wasteland

In a 1961 speech, Newton Minow, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, announced that television was a “vast wasteland” because it was a “procession” of formulaic and violent programs and endless commercials.

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