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As citizens, we each require the faculty of critical thought to weigh arguments, evaluate evidence, and make distinctions for ourselves about complicated issues. All this requires concentration, patience, and a trained logical mind — not the sort of mental qualities developed in front of a television set.
One hears a good deal about the potential of television to instruct and illuminate, a potential I cannot deny. However, there is a perverse kind of Gresham’s Law in effect with regard to television programming; the bad . material ineluctably drives out the good.
This tendency is made worse by the introduction of remote controllers and the practice of “channel surfing,” with consequent attention spans that are measured in seconds. Contrast this with the careful and reflective reading required by a poem, play, essay, or novel, and it is easy to see why it’s so difficult to teach literature these days.
Also to be deplored is the effect television has had on the family. When 1 was a boy, the evening meal as a regular ritual: a time when the family
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