Sociology 133
Fall 2001
UCSB
Molly Moloney, Instructor
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Sociology 133. Fall 2001. Molly Moloney, Instructor.
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Monday, February 16, 2004
"Protecting" the deaf from evil TV
Apparently, the Dept. of Education (or rather, a secret, anonymous committee within) has slashed funding to television closed-captioning, specifically targetting "inappropriate" shows. The show's targetted are absurd (worries about the witchcraft references on Bewitched, for example); more absurd than the specific, odd choices, though, is the underlying paternalism of the whole project. Censor 'Scooby-Doo'? Words fail: "The government is refusing to caption Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie, apparently fearing that the deaf would fall prey to witchcraft if they viewed the classic sitcoms.
Your government also believes that Law & Order is too intense for the hard-of-hearing. So is Power Rangers. You can rest easy knowing that your federal tax dollars aren't being spent to promote Sanford and Son, Judge Wapner's Animal Court and The Loretta Young Show within the deaf community. " (via boingboing)
9:11 PM
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