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Originally Posted by Koir
Television, now more than ever, has to cater to the absolutely lowest denominator to keep people watching. That's why you have reality shows and sensationalist media masquerading as legitimate news programs. I don't watch much TV anymore, haven't for years. It's just below my demographic and I find Youtube and other sites like it more to my liking.
You do have the right mindset in that nothing these programs try to communicate as reality is in any way the real thing. However, there's the thousands of other carbon-based lifeforms out there for whom it *is* reality, and have to be handled accordingly.
Good luck.
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Yeah I have to agree with this qoute.
And to add- the trick to not letting it get to you is to not have high expectations of the TV.
Its telling when the most intelligent show broadcast at the moment are hosted by comedians (Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert are about the only TV I watch)