June 23rd, 2003
Taxi Trap
By Editorial
Boston Globe
One more scrap of relative solitude—the back seat of a taxicab—is being invaded by commercial blah-blah. It has happened in New York, Las Vegas, and Chicago, and now a pilot program has brought the talking taxi to Boston. ‘’This is the age of forced watching,’’ growls Gary Ruskin, head of Commercial Alert, a national advocacy group pressing for the citizen’s right to enjoy silence.
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