I was born
before the debut of commercial television. There was no TV on the wall in the
maternity ward.
Of
course, I’ve had a TV (and later, several TVs) in my home since I can remember.
For better or worse….
I
wouldn’t say I’ve been a TV junkie in my time, but yeah, sure, I watched my
favorite shows for close to 60 years.
A few
years back, for my taste, the “better” stopped happening and the “worse”
started kicking in.
I just
said “No,” cold turkey, seven years ago today. Stopped watching the boob tube. Stopped
wondering what the heck was the appeal of reality TV. Stopped getting angry
enough to yell at the screen during news broadcasts. Stopped wishing TV news
would get sensible and meaningful.
So I
don’t turn the TV on now. OK, I make exceptions for the Super Bowl and the
State of the Union address and election returns in early November and maybe,
every other year or so, an old movie I can’t find on one of the streaming
sources.
I’m
bound to say I don’t think I’m missing much.
The
news media industry, particularly TV, has become a beast with no scruples. I
think it is deranging our society.
Copyright © Richard Carl
Subber 2016 All rights reserved.
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