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Terence Eden
@Edent@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

From 1988.

https://archive.org/details/crash-magazine-57?view=theater#page/n67

"'What's going to happen' asks Professor David Zeltzer, 'when we have (computer) animation of photographic quality?' The prospect of the 43rd, computer-generated, series of Terry and June being made long after the two stars have retired is a prospect that could make us rue the day computers were ever allowed into television But also imagine all of the repercussions if a false computer generated image was broadcast showing Neil Kinnock being punched by Margaret Thatcher, the thought may be amusing but the consequences more than a little troublesome. You'll never know what is genuine television unless you're told. Could you ever believe news again? "
"'What's going to happen' asks Professor David Zeltzer, 'when we have (computer) animation of photographic quality?' The prospect of the 43rd, computer-generated, series of Terry and June being made long after the two stars have retired is a prospect that could make us rue the day computers were ever allowed into television But also imagine all of the repercussions if a false computer generated image was broadcast showing Neil Kinnock being punched by Margaret Thatcher, the thought may be amusing but the consequences more than a little troublesome. You'll never know what is genuine television unless you're told. Could you ever believe news again? "
"'What's going to happen' asks Professor David Zeltzer, 'when we have (computer) animation of photographic quality?' The prospect of the 43rd, computer-generated, series of Terry and June being made long after the two stars have retired is a prospect that could make us rue the day computers were ever allowed into television But also imagine all of the repercussions if a false computer generated image was broadcast showing Neil Kinnock being punched by Margaret Thatcher, the thought may be amusing but the consequences more than a little troublesome. You'll never know what is genuine television unless you're told. Could you ever believe news again? "
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Stuart Langridge
@sil@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 11 hours ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sil/111388464870731914

@Edent the warnings were there, repeatedly

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NAB 🇬🇧🇪🇺🔶:marmite:
@NAB@mastodon.me.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

@Edent quite prophetic. Shame we're not getting more Terry and June though. #hutsutrawlsonandabrawlabrawlasooit

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Sceptique
@Nephos@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

@Edent That's good right ? For too long TV and centralized news broadcast has been a propaganda system, taken for true despite it's obvious numerous flaws (political narrative choice, errors, lies).
While lies can come from decentralized broadcasts too, trust is not something that can be centralized so much without extreme danger.

Largest and wore wars and mass crime existed because of centralized truth authorities. Which have been numerous, States, the Church, etc.

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Terence Eden
@Edent@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 12 hours ago

@Nephos that's a fascinating point of view. Please tell me more!

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Sceptique
@Nephos@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 12 hours ago

@Edent I don't know what to tell more... Today I hardly can trust anything meaningful from TV and big free journals because of how much they fail to do their job.

On the contrary with time we've seen some communities, smaller but not less good showing professionnalism with great consistency. At a smaller scale you can know the people for who they are, not just the actors.
I feel this is required for a non abusive trust.

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Jonathan Bennett
@jonobennett@mastodon.me.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

@Edent Could be worse.

It could be Mrs Brown's Boys.

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