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TV is IMHO the single cause of the destruction of our society as it slides today. Programs like NBC Slightly News has caused the largest riff between the GOP, DFL and the American people. There is no common ground. The little reporters rewrite the news to fit an agenda. Big Brother is here, but it is not the government, it's the news networks. This crap has got to stop. United we stand, divided we fall!As far as crying for National Public Television, give me a break. They own the finest facilities across the U.S. and are state of the art in all of them including radio. In my area, they are broadcasting in 6 HI-Definition TV channels. They are also heavily funded by the Federal Government and tax reducing payments from large corporations. Do you think companies give to Public Television 'cause it makes them "feel good"? They are wealthier than any private corporation.I might as well blast the entire news industry here as I will never look at a Times mag or any mag ever again! Radio has also fallen to new lows. Our local Misleader new paper is another example of creative writing. There is no news, only stories mostly made up or so heavily edited, the meaning has changed.If you don't own a TV or don't watch, you are very, very lucky.TV = Enemy #1
Well I’m likely bias considering that my income is mostly dependent on advertising dollars but have you considered who pays for the programming? Public TV works on donations, they can’t afford to produce their own programming, not in a long shot and so they buy programming and get deals on much because they are non profit organizations. Its like communism, its good at first and for the short run but ultimately it falls way short. So quality programming requires lots and lots of money. And were do you think that money is coming from? Certainly not from you! It requires the $$ from advertisers willing to spend enormous amounts of money just for the chance that a small percentage of the viewing public (you know the ones watching for free), might buy their product.Now if you say TV isn’t free, well you might be right to a small extent but also consider the fact that you don’t have to have an antenna on your roof and you don’t have to climb up on it a turn it this way and that way. You don’t have to look at static and our neighborhoods aren’t littered with ugly roof antennas and broadcasting towers. Cable also brings you a multitude of services and possibilities that your antenna can’t possibly come close too, like broadband internet and HiDefinition TV as well as on demand movies and programming. For the price of a nice lunch and a beer, you can get 50 or more channels of quality broadcast per month and you don’t’ have to buy an antenna or a tuner. And because of advertising dollars, programming is quality – ultimately surpassing Hollywood. I really thought this forum was home to smarter thinking posters but I can see that’s not really the case. Sad.
I've been feeling badly all day, and have plunged myself deep into self reflection. Have I really been too busy to watch TV for the past month or so? Is this really what's been going on? Or am I just looking for excuses?If I'm totally honest, I really have to face up to the facts. I guess I've just been too lazy to watch TV. Hopefully, this is one of those cases where appreciating the problem gets me half way to solving it. No more excuses. I'll start watching more TV today!Chad
I do have a projector, but not a TV. The PJ isn't connected to the cable tv feed, just my DVD player & game consoles. I'm not an anti-tv vigilante or anything, I just haven't really had time or inclination to hook it up and watch anything. I haven't watched a TV program since late March or early April. That said, once football is in full swing I'll have to connect the cable (I actually subscribe to cable TV with my internet, so I've paid for 4/5 months of service that I haven't used ).It's not that I don't have time to watch TV- I of course could make time. But why would I? I get my news from print & internet sources, watch DVDs and play games. Plus at any given time I'm usually in the middle of several books. I've got better things to do than waste my time watching Survivor.
I am a big fan of BSG, too. But given their goofy scheduling I'm actually considering not watching the new season til I can buy it on DVD. I have plenty to keep me occupied until then. It's actually been nice not having TV, to tell the truth. The only catch is that I don't want to miss the Vikings winning the Super Bowl this season!