>Doug Henwood wrote:
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> > How can you understand American culture or politics without a TV?
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>Think about it -- this isn't just on a slippery slope; it's plunged into
>the abyss in which knowledge is equivalent to knowing all the facts
>there are to know, and being able on one's own to make sense of that
>infinity of fact. Human knowledge becomes simply impossible.
Oh come on. I didn't say you had to watch every dumb sitcom, chat show, and sports contest. But TV is one of the main forces shaping popular consciousness, and if you're out of touch with it, you don't know what makes people tick. Which may be fine with you, but it's not with me.
Besides, it doesn't all suck.
Doug