tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post784433972984230544..comments2024-03-01T00:27:42.852-08:00Comments on Hammer Of The Blogs: Self-CensorshipHeywood J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05627748699423939682noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-44546782962980640442008-02-09T17:45:00.000-08:002008-02-09T17:45:00.000-08:00That's an excellent question; I love documentaries...That's an excellent question; I love documentaries and would definitely subscribe to such a channel. <BR/><BR/>I suspect it has something to do (reasoning inversely) with the proliferation of shopping and "reality" channels along the people's bandwidths. Empty consumption and fractal pseudo-narratives are where it's at; actually learning something takes patience and effort.<BR/><BR/>And given the observable self-censorship constraints, it's easy to see where a room full of suits would simply decide that the opportunity cost of the niche market would not offset the hit negative publicity would have on ad revenues. <BR/><BR/>Used to be that there was no such thing as bad publicity, as long as the name was spelled right, but now that the media conglomerates all have pending legislature somewhere along the line, it's a financial decision.Heywood J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05627748699423939682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-44572165844936696362008-02-08T18:16:00.000-08:002008-02-08T18:16:00.000-08:00Why isn't there such a thing as The Documentary Ch...Why isn't there such a thing as The Documentary Channel (if there is, it's not on my Comcast system)? The archives are enormous, the license/broadcast fees are small compared with Hollywood fare, and the niche marketing opportunities are not inconsiderable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com