Hi Lu and all, [Lu said] It's not good. Not ANY of it, worst of all are the shows that make you think they're good - at the pinnacle of the badness is religious programming, then come nature shows - which make you think you know something about nature - but merely show you someone else's slant on nature (i.e.. Disneys' lies about Lemmings), next are scientific shows, and on down we go... ----- I agree that it's a really bad idea to plop a two year old down in front of a TV. You'll get no argument from me about that. I do think, however, that there is a fair amount of good programming going on out there. The trick is to find it amongst all the chaff. The medium is not the message. There are lots of poorly written and badly thought-out books floating around too, but I don't think anyone would condemn all reading because of them. The other night, for instance, I sat straight up in bed while watching Charlie Rose interview David Brooks of the New York Times. Mr. Brooks held forth for an hour about the political climate as he sees it in the country. It was fascinating. He is more conservative than me, but I was really compelled by his analysis. What made me sit straight up was when, at one point, he said he subscribed to "epistemological modesty". I think that has to qualify as some kind of television first. :)
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