I personally can’t stomach television at all. Most people who feel as I do look at television less as real information and more as programming. That is, being shown what someone wants you see in the way they want you to see it. We view it as a waste of time.
But I am sure you already know all that. Television is fine for at least two types of people: Those who just absorb it all with no discrimination at all (and there is a huge number of them) and those who see it with a jaundiced eye but can continue to watch, which I assume you do.
The difference is (I presume) that you are still able to view it with a discriminating and jaundiced eye, whereas many of use who view it in that fashion simply can’t watch it any more.
I almost NEVER sit and watch TV exclusively. I have it on when I’m surfing threads here or whatever else I’m doing. It’s in my ear but not my eyes sop much.
Jaundiced eye? Absolutely. I know full well when I’m being fed garbage, which is most of the time.