You assume that in order to “know what’s going on” we need to watch TV. Tv has a calming effect which actually put the viewer in an “alpha wave state,” which makes then less responsive to critical thought. So Tv advertisers and infotainment people take advantage of that and play on emotion. Yesterday I was away from home and saw CNN or MSNBC and they had Jesse Jackson on for most of an hour. But aside from the effect of TV on our intellects we shouldn’t be paying for the “honor” of hearing their tripe. You can find it online if you really want to.
Not with the same voice inflection and intonations. You also don’t get to hear what he media is saying and how they treat what is being said. I suppose you are correct for the weak minded who can’t or don’t think for themselves. Part of the problem we are having today is due to people not knowing or caring what was happening while they were selfishly living their own life with little regard to what was happening.
I’ll opt for knowing and being prepared thank you very much.