If your eyeballs have been captured, consider what they are conveying to your mind. TV-Free America's newsletter reprints a column by John Krull, a reporter for the Indianapolis Star and News, describing his experience on the best TV available, public television. He was, for awhile, a weekly panelist commenting on state news. Once the moderator threw a question to him, a question with deep ramifications, and he took a few seconds to think through his answer. The moderator began to squirm and signaled him to start talking.
TV goes much better that way.
TV pushes us to react immediately, to go merely with our surface responses. William J. Bennett, speaking at the National Press Club, said. The American Academy of Pediatrics is supporting TV-Turnoff Week. The American Medical Association sent out TV-Turnoff posters to 20,000 school principals. Twenty-four state governors have endorsed the idea.