Unfortunately, the heaviest viewers of television are children. Of course, there are worthwhile programs on TV suitable for kids, such as Sesame Street and the Magic School Bus, but just imagine what a child would think if he saw just one episode of Melrose Place. Do we tell the children that this is acceptable?

Radio is important, but is not used as frequently anymore due to the birth of television. We hear the news and can listen

As we sit in front of the set, eating potato chips, gaining weight, and filling our minds with trash, we don't stop to think of all that we could be doing to change our world. If we spent just a fraction of the time that we spend watching television each day doing something for someone else, just think of the kind of world we would live in.

But television has increased our knowledge of the world and our surrounding neighbors along with our interest of the earth. We know more about products that are offered to us, the public.

Television and radio have, obviously, been a huge influence on our lives. But the main question is: have they been a good influence or a bad influence? People watch television to find out what is happening in the world and to entertain themselves. A great number of American's have abandoned many things for television. Newspapers are an example of that. But crime shows and sitcoms along with porno trash are rampant.

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