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Have you ever noticed how Greek life attracts people from similar backgrounds, creating an overall sense of homogeneity? Have you ever questioned why or how this homogeneity is created and
Storytelling in american life. >> joining me is media analyst bill carter. thanks for coming by. look, you know this stuff better than anybody. class divisions have been highlighted in a number of sitcoms. another sensitive topic that they seem to make more approachable through humor. why is this such good fodder for sitcoms? >> class, especially when you have two classes shown in a show, it brings in conflict. and confluct can bring in humor. and people want to see that clash and also the representation of america in its different forms. and when you did -- when you saw jackie gleason in "the...
South were. >> they all had pretty high ratings. cbs became known as the country broadcasting system. >> but in the late '60s, ratings and demographic tools improved significantly. networks are able to see the ages, the he indication level, what kind of jobs the people reviewing the shows have. >> so the more they could refine that, the more they wanted young, professional, wealthy people. >> joining "entertainment weekly." great to see you. class divisions have been highlighted in sitcoms over the years from "the beverly hill billies" to "schitts creek." why is that good for sitcoms? >> sitco...
History of every mass shooter since 1966 and in the vast majority of cases they found there was what they described as severe childhood trauma which could include abuse or parental separation or violence. childhood trauma and the vast majority of these cases. to ignore that is just irresponsible. one more quick point i want to make, it seems to me these presidential candidates were running around accusing the president of stirring up racial division, when they speak like that, trump supporter's hear those words as an attack on them as an attack on the president and it seems to me they are guil...
>> i prefer the left we used to have in america and bernie sanders is the last gasp of it that looks at the class divisions and you still get pretty contentious politics. there is upward and downward mobility, you can't tell which class you are involved with. you can't have a country with progressive class-based politics, you a can't have a country with open borders. >> tucker: nearly 10 million immigrants arrived legally in the united states since 2,000, this show has taken a pretty tough standing -- because it's true, a lot of people who would help this country and ought to be allowed to sta...