Mark,

Warning: Long winded rant.

Years ago I thought the key to winning consensus for
colonizing and industrializing space was by convincing
John Q. Public through the infotainment media.
The general public has a short attention span and tends
to be poorly education. So it seemed reasonable that
the most impactful way of forming a public opinion was
through entertainment. I now know that I was totally wrong in thinking this.

The infotainment industry has its own agenda which is to make money as fast as possible with complete disregard about social consequence. The infotainment industry has no regard for truth, the best interests of the public, genuine professionalism or personal honor. Preaching about honor and the truth to the infotainment industry is like expounding upon the merit of chastity to a $20 prostitute.

The infotainment industry is not only the enemy of the space program, it is also the enemy of honest journalism, our American democracy and western civilization.

End-of-rant.

Gary