As in your very own home, nothing
moves until the television is turned on.
First thing in the morning, the
television is the excuse to find out what the latest breaking news, projected
weather, and up-to-date traffic conditions that have occurred in the last few
minutes that will affect our lives.
As coffee is prepared and outfits
lay out as a preparation of the day’s assignments, the colors and flashes
engulf the room like another living being.
Television has become another
family member, waking us with pleasant looking people in well-prepared scripts
to inform us over and over how their advertisers want to present what is called
news, weather, sports, and entertainment to you.
All day, the images continue with
game shows, talk shows, court shows, cooking shows and other conflicts between
beings lacking skills for rightful employment. There is also an eminence volume
of lawyers chasing ambulances and pharmaceutical manufactures products to
entice the wary watching “daytime” tube.
After work, the television is
welcomed as an old friend bringing the family together with its familiar
message. All programming is designed to allow families to eat while watching,
and then relax into a stupor of mindless dancing, stupid competitions, and
violence.
With all the options of satellite
and cable, the choices are endless, but the spectacular presentation overrides
the quality of information.
The Internet has expanded a media
realm of this beast, capturing eyes on laptops and phones with a never-ending
waste of time, without interaction and deceptive withdrawal of communication
between species.
So as the flicker fills the room
in a soft blue light, does anyone remember how to turn the attack of this
monster off?
Tomorrow the propaganda starts
again, draining the human psyche into oblivion.
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