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Position Papers

El Televisio Mexicano Esta Muy Bueno!
by Larry S. Jackson

Television: More Than a Link to the Outside World
by Laura Ti-Coughran, Ph.D.

Books: The Paper Menace That Threatens Our Children's Well-Being
by Jonathan P. Q. Piccaniño, Ed.D.

Memo to Vince McMahon: Clean Up the WWF!
by Phil Mulchnik

What is 'Quality' on Television?
by VQTV Staff

Television: It Makes You Literate
by Egan Davis, MFA

To the Writers' Guild of America: For The Love Of God, Don't Strike
by Will Doslovski

Me Like TV
by Franklin Dannreuther

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Op-Ed Pieces

Lies, Damn Lies, and the Nielsens
By Thelma B. Samuels
For years, television networks have relied almost entirely on statistics
provided by a high-priced, propietary service provider. But what about the
shut-in audience?

As Sipowicz Goes, So Goes The Nation
By Thad Lee Jones
When Detective Andy Sipowicz lost his son on "NYPD Blue," a nation wept. When he lost his wife, a nation wept some more. When he lost his partner, a nation wept even more than when it wept before, when his wife died. If the experience of Andy Sipowicz can teach us anything about the American psyche, circa 2000, it is that we are a nation of weepers . . .

Mr. Lieberman, Meet Fox Mulder
By Harry V. Devonshire
Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) wants to pass a law that would force networks to cut back on the so-called violence they show on their television programs. What the Senator and his so-called followers do not seem to understand is that violence on television is fake, whereas the violence in the streets is real. Take Fox Mulder on the "X-Files". . .

Big Bird, We Hardly Knew Ye: In Praise of 34 Years Of Sesame Street
By Charles Roosevelt
Excuse me, friend. Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? I think I can . . .

A Rating System We All Can Love
By Jessica Warner
In 1996, Congress passed a resolution calling for the major television networks to develop and implement guidelines to help parents and the mentally defective decide what shows they may or may not want to let their children watch, what on account of the sex and whatnot. The ratings were a little bit confusing...

How Television Can Solve The Race Problem In America
By Bob K. Chen
As I recall, there was this one episode of "The Jeffersons"...