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At  4:03 PM 4/5/95 -0500, "by way of [log in to unmask] Jajasoon
Tlitteu" <Jaymes wrote:
 
>the point i am trying to make (further) is that TV has the potential to be so
>much  more. I feel the goal of television should be to serve the public and
> not the advertisers. Now you may feel that is the object of public TV, that
>may be true, however, i feel u.s. public tv is designed more to educate than
>entertain.
 
Simplistic question, but here goes:
 
what is the difference between educating and entertaining?  Is the line
clearly defined?
 
Kris Butler
University of Minnesota
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