Plus ca change – media beset by turmoil and uncertainty
1August 22, 2006 by Colin
As handwringing and anxiety continues in the traditional media industries, an apt quote from the CBC’s Max Ferguson:
“… I see the CBC as a sort of domestic British Empire. Both were created and developed by a rather insular breed, exhibiting alternate flashes of brilliance and idiocy. At this moment there are many critics who would extend the analogy even further, gloomily predicting that the sun is already setting on the CBC also, and that, beset from without and within, its complete disintegration is close at hand. Certainly, to all those who help guide the CBC ship of state, the prospect of turbulent and dangerous waters ahead must occasion moments of doubt, confusion, and uncertainty. …” (Page 166, And Now … Here’s Max, published 1970)
For your listening pleasure: Ferguson’s Rawhide character completely messes with all sides of the debate on the flouridation of water, from 1961. (audio)
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Superstah!!!!
thanks for my listening pleasure, awesome link!