Monday, December 06, 2010

Politics + Reality TV Continued

Here is the state of politics in the US today:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tv_kate_meets_sarah_palin

The wiser and wordier than I have talked about what this means so I shouldn't expend too many words on this, but: TV allows us to have relationships with people we don't know. Sarah Palin will be a test case for politicians' abilities to form those relationships and get elected. If it works, then the producers for reality shows and the networks that host them will be the new political power brokers in America.

And what a world that will be!

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