2006-10-07 08:52:16 · 13 answers · asked by Norman Bates 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Nice answers folks ...as always.
2006-10-07 09:09:11 · update #1
I agree FrozenCam.
Nigel Kneale (he who wrote 'Quatermass' in the 50's) once said something like, 'TV is the most dangerous thing in your house'?
2006-10-07 09:17:48 · update #2
You're so right Jim W.
2006-10-07 09:19:43 · update #3
It's a two-for-one deal !
2006-10-07 08:54:31 · answer #1 · answered by World Famous Neffer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used this in a past answer, but it bears repeating:
The architect Frank Lloyd Wright once famously referred to TV as 'chewing gum for the mind.' So very, very true...
2006-10-07 16:02:46 · answer #2 · answered by FrozenCamel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neffer is dead right. Yes you pays your money and takes your pick. In the UK for example, the PM appoints the Chairman of the BBC and Governors thereof. Go figure!
2006-10-07 16:01:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in brainwashing, so entertainment it is. But I only watch about 4 hours per week.
2006-10-07 16:00:59 · answer #4 · answered by grrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both, of course.. it is entertaining, but it REALLY brain washes people though they might deny it. Same thing with music...
2006-10-07 15:59:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
depends what you watch surely.
there are a lot of great docs. and is the news useless entertainment?
2006-10-07 16:00:21 · answer #6 · answered by alexassoun 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Television is not for Entertainment, it is sell you something you do not need.
2006-10-07 15:54:43 · answer #7 · answered by justmejimw 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not brainwashing - brain numbing
2006-10-07 15:59:53 · answer #8 · answered by Useless 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bit a both - it depends what you watch!
2006-10-07 16:00:16 · answer #9 · answered by Robbie B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is both of these
2006-10-07 16:02:57 · answer #10 · answered by Naomi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋