While Shiza did a lovely job conveying our thoughts, I would like to add a couple of things. Another way, referring to television, in which public conversations have become baby-talk is the news. I know this was on our quiz but, I somehow feel compelled to mention it again. While watching the local news, I've noticed that the anchors never spend more than five minutes on a story. Therefore, the viewer can watch the news for an hour and not be more informed. The stories of are petty things: cats being rescued and other cute stories about animals. Perhaps, this is because we live in Connecticut, and nothing ever happens in Connecticut. Also, being uninformed contributes to the "culture-death," which brings fear to Postman. Before school started I watched a video where twelve voters were asked twelve fairly basic questions about the candidates. The most common answer I don't know and the could not answer basic questions about the candidate they had chosen. I believe this is a good representation of the "culture-death" Neil Postman talks about.