Podcasts TV Light On Light Through Keith Olbermann, Jack Bauer, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Keith Olbermann, Jack Bauer, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Published: Jan. 21, 2007, 12:57 a.m.

Welcome to Episode 18 of Light On Light Through - Keith Olbermann, Jack Bauer, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge ... What do these three have in common? Well, last Tuesday evening, Olbermann\xa0delivered a diatribe about 24 and Jack Bauer, as perhaps deliberate tools of the Bush administration to frighten the American people about terrorism, and thereby shore up support for its policies.\xa0 I say Olbermann misunderstands how people enjoy fiction, and recommend to him and his producers an acquaintance with Coleridge's "willing suspension of disbelief".\xa0 I also recommend Thomas Jefferson, for his confidence in human rationality and his distrust of anything that smacks of calling for censorship...

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Helpful links:

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  1. Olbermann's attack on 24 - don't know how long the\xa0link will be up
  2. Coleridge's Biographia Literaria\xa0- where he discusses "willing suspension of disbelief"
  3. 24 Season Premier (first 4 hours)\xa0- object of Olbermann's ire
  4. http://paullevinson.blogspot.com - more from me on this topic
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Enjoy...

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Paul

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