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Margaret Mead

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders.

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Television allows young people to witness important events as they happen, without adults filtering or altering the information. This means they get a more direct and immediate understanding of history, rather than a version shaped by older generations.

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