Television

With less than 48 hours away from electing a new president, I have been thinking about the role of media in helping shape people's opinions.

Television has played a pivotal role in defining reality for many voting Americans.

Saturday Night Live has poked fun at the candidates and has provided levity for those who have taken the process to seriously.

Evening newscasts have provided biased perspectives through the medium of television.

Reporters will predict winners and interview losers, all broadcast on television.

There is plenty of evidence to suggest that TV has both positive and negative aspects. Unmonitored it can introduce images that are unhealthy.

I was reading this week and ran across a quote that put it into perspective. It is by David Frost who is an English satirist and was a television host when I was a kid. He said...

"Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained

in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your house."

Something to think about...