The Vast Wasteland

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In a previous life, the Old Lady worked in a television newsroom.

The newsbiz changed.  Celebrity journalism and dirty laundry took the lead.  The Old Lady’s boss knew she wouldn’t go with the new trend, so he moved her out of News and into Community Affairs.  “Community affairs?” she said, “Why don’t we just start with dinner and a movie, and see what develops?”

But she loved it.  Public service was her main goal even while in the newsroom, so it worked for her and kept her writing for television for five more years.

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Now the Old Lady doesn’t even own a TV set.

But recently, she happened to be around a TV set and happened to see an openly gay man (Neil Patrick Harris) being interviewed by a self-outed lesbian (Robin Roberts) on GMA.  He was explaining to her how his children felt about his playing the lead role of a transgendered person in HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH on Broadway.

And suddenly, the Old Lady felt more hopeful about the present state of American broadcasting.

1 thought on “The Vast Wasteland

  1. I’m not surprised you don’t own a TV set. I hardly ever listen to the radio except for “Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me.”

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