Tv Is Evil

Does every aspect that television involve vile? Should people completely avoid television as Karen Springen’s daughter, Jazzy, did? That is, as the mother of Jazzy and Gigi, Karen Springen, did, should parents not allow their kids to watch television? Should parents, similarly to Springen, say, “We don’t allow our kids to watch TV. Period[?]” Even though there are educational channels that can actually benefit children and adults in their academics, should children and adults avoid watching these educational programs solely because televisions display them? Should people who receive spiritual enhancements through helpful spiritual programs stop watching these encouraging programs because the television broadcast them? As the picture on the side (figure 1) depicts, would it be appropriate to conclude that all television is evil, in spite …show more content…
Both focus on the evilness of televised media. While there are truths with both arguments (e.g., violence and sexual explicitness are toxic), people should not generalize television as being fully toxic. A great non-toxic aspect of television is its ability to present the news to people in a matter of seconds. If a natural disaster was to hit a specific location, televisions are instrumental in warning the people in that precise area. Because televisions save people’s life through informatively warning them to evacuate the endangered premise, is television evil? Directors direct television channels such as FOX News, CNN, and NBC that provide the news, which also occasionally provide violent truths. Are these channels, which have helped informed people (e.g., they have informed people politically, academically, technologically, culturally, and concerning important contemporary events), evil? No, people are now more aware of making an accurate action because they comprehend the news. Thus, because television broadcast informative news, which can be lifesaving, television is