Exposing bias against alternative lifestyles in popular media

[korakthesavage]

My title for this entry sounds like a thesis paper, huh? But I get pretty miffed when I catch derogatory references to certain activities -things I like or feel are worthy- in popular media, particularly television. It's such a powerful tool, and I really doubt people who regularly watch TV realize just how much it affects them. You have to either

Comments

[arocoun2]

My cousin and his nuclear family are respectable rednecks. And he loves making fun of rednecks.

Uh, let's see, the simple truth is that public media has always made fun of groups that differ from the majority in some major way. It's a sad fact of life, that always has been and always will be.

Cop shows, ESPECIALLY CSI, like to go overboard making fun of ethnicities and subcultures. Another fact of life.

Public media sucks, huh? :P

[korakthesavage]

which maybe why I typically only watch it at other people's homes...