Miscellaneous: 10 Terrible Things MTV Gave the World

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As MTV celebrates its 30th birthday this week, we can’t help but wonder where all the music videos have gone. When MTV launched on Aug. 1, 1981, it became the first channel to showcase music videos and popularize the concept of a video jockey (VJ). The network pioneered this form of entertainment and pop culture art while adding new programs, concerts and award shows to the mix. MTV began shifting gears with the rise of the Internet and popularity of reality programming and started playing fewer music videos. Today, MTV has very little to do with music and is completely saturated with reality shows. There’s no doubt that we’ll always cherish the almighty music video, but we’ll never forget these 10 terrible things MTV gave the world:
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