THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CIVIC WITH THE COFFEE TABLE Jane Pauley (upper middle cla

THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CIVIC WITH THE COFFEE TABLE

Jane Pauley (upper middle class) (mid-atlantic) ( civic courtroom )

Katie Couric (middle class) (NY jew) (the stage)

Kathy Lee Gifford (lower middle class) (midland) ( living room )

Kelly Rippa (upper working class) (midland) (family room)

Oprah (lower middle class whites)(grandma’s parlor)

The View (undesirables,upper proletarians) ( Italian restaurant )

The devolution of the rhetorical commons