Monday, April 28, 2008

This is your brain on TV news


Turn off the TV "news."

Just turn it off. Turn. It. Off. If someone offered you a bowl of writhing maggots soaked in warm sweat, would you say, "Oh, why thank you for the delicious mid-day maggot treat!"

No, but one could be forgiven for thinking you might if you watch the TV news, because you do the same thing to your brain when you consume this audio-visual slop in a tin cup.

Chris in DC

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You couldn't be more right, Arun! Watching TV news is tantamount to dropping your brain onto a greasy hot skillet!

Plus as long as corporations (coupled mostly with the GOP) maintain a stranglehold on news outlets, they'll continue to profit by making sure American voters stay stupid and wealth (and now health) remain concentrated in the hands of the very fews!