Junk News

Media companies get their broadcast licenses for free. In return, the FCC says that if a TV show is not a bona fide newscast, and it airs a story about a political candidate, "it must afford equal opportunities to other such candidates for that office."

This is supposed to keep ideologues like Pat Robertson and Rupert Murdoch in check. But instead the FCC let them off the hook by adding TMZ and 700 Club to the list of bona fide newscasts; even though Congress defined bona fide as newscasts as those that hold "genuine news value" and are not intended to boost or aid any particular political candidate.

http://current.com/items/88996285_junk_news_making_you_sick

Really, who would own a TV? It is a nasty addiction and only leads to overspending. It seems that while the picture gets bigger and clearer the content gets smaller and dumber. Just think how much friendlier your room would look without it taking up space, electricity and time.