No commercials. The commercials are all wrong. And the commercials influence the content of those television programs.

TV is about making money, about selling the advertisements. All of those tv programs must conform to the advertisers.

So you will not see on primetime commercial television a daily bashing and thrashing of shampoos, of soaps, of drugs, of fast foods.

TV is all about $$$$$$$$$$ follow the $$$$$$$$$$$$$ if you don’t follow the $$$$$$$$$$$$ your show will FLOP.

Calling a spade a spade is called HONEST OPINION.
It’s not scape goating.

TRUTH FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

Watch tv and be programmed yourself.

The reason a lot of us hang around in the net is because it’s easier to find truth and REAL PEOPLE here than in the artificial ad supported world of TV.

Turn off the TV, plug that TV in your internet surfing box. It’s time for those TV networks to just be another minor channel in youtube.

People are getting divorced because of sex (with others), time (not spent together…and it’s not because of television.), money (not enough of in their mind to keep stable), and abuse.

I can easily say that oranges are causing cancer, and that statement would fit in the paragraph of ridiculous statements you just posted.

Television is great. I watch a healthy amount of it, and am I obese? Nope..I’m actually pretty fit and workout often.(At the place of my choice, with the equipment of my choice.)
Do I go and rush out and buy everything that I can because I just saw a commercial for it? Nope…my house is pretty simple, not because I can’t afford anything, but because I like it that way.
Do I use shampoo? Yes I do actually, I spend a lot of time out in the sun, which dries my scalp a lot, and well I personally don’t like it when my shoulders are white with dandruff when I’m in a meeting or gathering.

Television employs millions of people from a technical aspect (cameramen, lighting personnel, etc.) to a creative side (actors, writers, editors)

What is the difference from your in-laws watching dvds of their choice to somebody watching the television programs of their choice?

There are some great television programs being aired. I suggest you watch some when you get a chance. In fact you don’t even need a television, just a computer.
Here: http://www.hulu.com/
Please quit using television as a scapegoat for what you think is wrong with our society. There are a million things wrong with it. Yes some people may use it and view it in the wrong way, but don’t instantly categorize all television watchers into ignorant mindless zombies.