Re: Altering live TV pictures

["Bill O'Neill" <billo@erols.com>]

Doug Broda:
> Big difference, in that plagarism (if true; I didn't see Dateline or
the TV
> Guide article) is a much more serious no-no, IMO.

Agreed.  However, it becomes much more pallatable for the masses to
accept or even overlook "liberties" taken by media, over time.  It
seems that the less literate we become, the more we rely upon that
thing that we observe more than we do our own children, or our God,
that of the TV (and radio) world.  Couple that social shift with the
reality that fewer corporations are owning those powerful message
sources, and it IS scary.  So, where I agree that plagiarism, if or
when it
happens, is more egregious than blotting out the competition's logo
for
yours, it increasingly becomes an argument over who is more pregnant.

Bill O'Neill