--- Cian <co015d5200 at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> However despite this, it got virtually no
> advertising. If it wasn't for the
> fact that Channel 4 has a public service remit, it
> would never have
> survived. If you have a totally commercial TV
> service, then large
> advertisers dictate what is, and isn't, permissible
> discourse.
>
Interesting point. BUT...Isn't the old saying about Capitalism selling the noose used in its own hanging applicable here? If a hip, funny leftist had a popular TV show, why would advertisers not want to flock to it?
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