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Newton Minow and Television Today Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow, whose oft-quoted 1961 speech derided commercial TV as a "vast wasteland," is about to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from Common Sense Media. At 81, he is still skeptical about the value of much modern television programming.

Newton Minow and Television Today

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Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow, whose oft-quoted 1961 speech derided commercial TV as a "vast wasteland," is about to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from Common Sense Media. At 81, he is still skeptical about the value of much modern television programming.