Reception The phrase "vast wasteland" was suggested to Minow by his friend, reporter and freelance writer John Bartlow Martin. Martin had recently watched twenty consecutive hours of television as research for a magazine piece, and concluded it was "a vast wasteland of junk". During the editing process, Minow cut the words "of junk".
Reception The phrase "vast wasteland" was suggested to Minow by his friend reporter and freelance writer John Bartlow Martin Martin had recently watched twenty consecutive hours of television as research for a magazine piece and concluded it was "a vast wasteland of junk" During the editing process Minow cut the words "of junk"