Just because it is in the television does not mean we have to watch it. It is fine to turn off the television, to silence the radio when we feel that what we are hearing is more than we can bear. We do need to know what is happening. We do need to know stay informed. There comes a point when we have watched enough suffering.
Television also discourages concentration.
Almost anything interesting and rewarding in life requires some constructive consistently applied effort. With television no effort is applied. We are sold instant gratificatrion and forced to live as on a guided tour - thity minutes at the museum, thirty at the church, thirty for lunch brak and then back on the bus to the next attraction. And so it is that I have learned from my sons that sometimes it is perfectly all right - in fact, it is good idea, to put our fingers in our ears and sing some reassuring song to ourselves until the worst part is over.