In the article “trouble with television” the aurther Robert MacNeil gives some reasons to why tv is hurting the society. Robert stated that “by the age of 20 a person would have watched at least 20,000 hours of television. You can also add at least 10,000 hours for every decade you have lived after the age of 20. He also states that a person spends more time watching tv then a college student spends working on a bachelor’s degree. A college student only spends 5000hours working on prodjects. In 10,00 hours you could have learned enough to become an astronomer or an engineer.” He also states that “it discourges concentration. Television encourages us not to apply much effort. When people are not forced to concentrate on something
