The Plain Truth – 1981 May
The Role of Television in the Decline of U.S. Prestige
WE NEED to realize that when American television programs are shown in other countries – as they are, all over the world – the people in those countries often take them as a factual representation of what life is like in the United States. American television shows and movies are not intended to be documentaries made for the purpose of showing other peoples around the world what life is like in the U.S. Quite the contrary!