The Inevitable Sell Out

During this week's class my group was assigned the article that showed the mishandling in content shown with the network BET. The article argued that BET drifted away from it's original values in exchange for open broad casting, which is the prototypical television we see today with networks like MTV.

With all that's said in Smith-Shomade's article it made me remember the television network FUSE. FUSE was very much the same idea as MTV. They covered alternative rock music, they had all the prototypical video countdowns and video playlists. During this time period I was a big fan of the music they covered, so after hearing about the network on an internet blog I immediately desired to have it. 

When I had finally was able to watch the network I was hooked, it was like they were making these shows specifically for me. As I mentioned there were countdown shows and programs that were daily where they would interview bands and give behind the scenes looks on other content.

Soon after losing interest as time went by I would always flip to it every once and awhile and I do not like what I see at all. FUSE had completely changed. All of the old great shows they had were of course no more. It seemed like they finally gave into the "inevitable" sell out with the incorporation of all the music you'd hear on the radio and the typical raunchy reality TV shows.

It really is unfortunate that this happened to a once beloved network that showcased the music artists you normally would not see on TV. FUSE gave chances to plenty of prominent musicians in the business today that when time they were shown they were nobody's. But FUSE decided to sell out and give into the temptation of losing your true meaning in exchange for money.