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GGG · 07-09-2012, 03:03 PM

I really like the show but I think the restriction of doing the show in the past limits the impact this news broadcast can have.

Spoiler!

What is kind of disappointing is that their method of only providing news and the best argument from each side is that it can never change the landscape of how television news is done in the shows world because the future is pre-determined. In order to change they would have to break with the assumption that the show is set in our recent past and that the future of the show will follow the same trajectory as our past. On the plus side they gain the ability to re-tell the news from a different perspective which is interesting. But this keeps the world the show is in very small almost limited to the newsroom itself.

07-09-2012, 03:03 PM	#70
GGG Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: California Exp:	I really like the show but I think the restriction of doing the show in the past limits the impact this news broadcast can have. Spoiler! For example they essentially spent the 2010 election by attacking the tea party. In the end the tea party wins a lot of seats and becomes a force in the election. Nothing that the actors in the show do changes the outcome of the world because it is set in our recent past. What is kind of disappointing is that their method of only providing news and the best argument from each side is that it can never change the landscape of how television news is done in the shows world because the future is pre-determined. In order to change they would have to break with the assumption that the show is set in our recent past and that the future of the show will follow the same trajectory as our past. On the plus side they gain the ability to re-tell the news from a different perspective which is interesting. But this keeps the world the show is in very small almost limited to the newsroom itself.