The big turnoffs of TV Turnoff Week

by Kyle on April 20, 2004

Nick Gillespie of Reason Online tells the folks behind TV Turnoff Week to chill out and stop bashing the ‘boob’ tube. My favorite passage:

…we simply don’t want to turn off the TV. That’s not because we’re weak-willed. Though a particularly resilient whipping boy for all the ills of society, television has flourished because as a storytelling medium, it has allowed an unprecedented amount of information to circulate in ways that people find meaningful and useful. TV may not be particularly helpful as a substitute for a parent, or a friend, or a babysitter, but like poetry and novels, it has created a common space for pleasure and expression.

{from Reason Online}

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