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Context and Impact: TV historian weighs in on Vast Wasteland speech
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Dan Carino
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May 7, 2011
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Context and Impact: TV historian weighs in on Vast Wasteland speech
Robert Thompson, head of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University, tells Off-Ramp's John Rabe that Minow's speech is seared into the memory of all serious students of recent history, but it didn't have the impact Minow hoped for.

Robert Thompson, head of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University, tells Off-Ramp's John Rabe that Minow's speech is seared into the memory of all serious students of recent history, but it didn't have the impact Minow hoped for.

Robert Thompson, head of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University, tells Off-Ramp's John Rabe that Minow's speech is seared into the memory of all serious students of recent history, but it didn't have the impact Minow hoped for.