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Television, 1956, May, 26
Seldes, Gilbert | May 26, 1956 issue

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Ever since broadcasting began with radio's uncertain yet headlong invasion of U.S. homes, the critics of the medium, including myself, have been measuring it by inappropriate yardsticks. Citizens have been misled by its resemblance to the drama and when television arrived, by its double resemblance to the movies and the theatre. People have known that it puts itself forth as "entertainment" and have measured it in the terms of previous entertainment. And more and more people become convinced that essentially it is something else.

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BROADCASTING; TELEVISION broadcasting; RADIO broadcasting; MASS media; CULTURAL industries; UNITED States
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