Modern television is little more than junk food for the brain

Tuesday, April 06, 2004 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com (See all articles...) Tags: television, television advertising, television ads

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Many childrens' shows blur the lines even further: often, commercials feature the same or similar characters found in the shows. The American Psychological Association (APA) calls advertising aimed at children under the age of 8 "exploitative" and points out that messages contained in commercials viewed by children go straight into the "truth" category in their minds rather than being critically viewed as commercial in nature as adults can do.

It's sad, but television -- once heralded as a bringer of education and knowledge -- has become nothing more than a tool of control and profit. It turns children into nagging machines that results in parents buying whatever products are advertised. And adults are no better: they line up in droves to buy products advertised to them, too, even while believing they aren't influenced by ads at all. Even worse, television news has become nothing more than tabloid "junk food for the brain" that covers whatever story is popular, not what's relevant to our lives. TV and cable network networks are largely a joke, and most of the people I know don't bother watching television at all.