I think you can learn a lot from television if you watch programs that are designed to teach you something. I think it does sway the average persons thinking since they have generally given up reading. As for sex and violence, no more then you see in daily life. Television simply puts it all in one place. IMO the internet is by far a worse waste of time then television.

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