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It is no accident that television has been dominated by a handful of corporate powers. Neither is it accidental that television has been used to re-create human beings into a new form that matches the artificial, commercial environment. A conspiracy of technological and economic factors made this inevitable and continue to.

Jerry Mander

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Jerry Mander
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: May 1
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