Hell, the media impairs my deep sleep. Visions of loathing, hate, disdain, and desires to launch them into the sun keep interfering with good dreams.
LOL!
In fact, my wife and I just had a week long vacation up in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire and we did not turn the television on one time.
I'm being totally serious, you can totally remove the media from your life AND still stay informed with sites like this. It is not that hard to do.