[Derek]

Ya ever since I stopped watching tv Ive felt like a completely different person as well. Thought you guys might enjoy some facts

tv dramatically decreases activity in the left hemisphere of your brain. The left hemisphere Is used for critical and logical thinking. When it is shut down all your defenses are shut down, and information can be absorbed into your subconscious mind without any critical or logical thinking. It also puts you in an alpha brainwave state which makes you more susceptible to hypnosis.
Some of the things absorbed:

Number of murders seen on TV by the time an average child finishes elementary school: 8,000

Number of violent acts seen on TV by age 18: 200,000

Number of 30-second TV commercials seen in a year by an average child: 20,000

Number of TV commercials seen by the average person by age 65: 2 million

and all that propaganda, sex and (mind) programming

Witnessing repeated violent acts can lead to desensitization and a lack of empathy for human suffering

Percentage of local TV news broadcast time devoted to advertising: 30

Percentage devoted to stories about crime, disaster and war: 53.8


People who watch 3 hours of TV per day are twice as likely
to be obese than people who watch less than 1 hour per day

Average*US*parent*spends*only*38*min/week*in*meaningful**
conversation*with*children*vs.*31½*hours/week*watching****
TV.**

TV*viewing*in*children*at*ages*one*and*three*is*as sociated**
with*ADHD*symptoms*at*age*seven.

Viewing*TV*violence*is*the*single*strongest*predic tor*of**
aggression*later*in*life,*according*to*long‐term*s tudy

Students*who*watched*an*hour*of*TV*per*day*or*less *scored**
the*best*on*achievement*tests.
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TV*is*addictive.

tv contains subliminal messages

The*average*American*watches*4*hours*35*minutes*of *TV*per****
day.**There*is*simply*so*much*else*to*do*in*life

tv makes you apathetic and 'entertained'

televisions create a ton of electromagnetic pollution which does all sorts of damage

who knows what the new hd tvs have in them

Children spend more time watching television than in any other activity except sleep

54% of kids have a TV in their bedroom

66% of children (ages 10 to 16) surveyed say that their peers are influenced by TV shows

"In a national opinion poll conducted for TV Guide (8/2/03), 57% of TV viewers said they 'noticed an increase in offensive material on television lately.'"

Media violence may cause aggressive and antisocial behavior, desensitize viewers to future violence and increase perceptions that they are living "in a mean and dangerous world."

Children younger than 8 "cannot uniformly discriminate between real life and fantasy/entertainment… They quickly learn that violence is an acceptable solution to resolving even complex problems, particularly if the aggressor is the hero." - ibid

Research has shown that "mindless" television or video games may idle and impoverish the development of the pre-frontal cortex, or that portion of the brain that is responsible for planning, organizing and sequencing behavior for self-control, moral judgment and attention. - American Academy of Pediatrics

Children often behave differently after they've been watching violent programs on television. Children who watched violent shows were more likely to strike out at playmates, argue, disobey authority and were less willing to wait for things that children who watched nonviolent programs. - American Psychological Association

ABC's Desperate Housewives is the most popular broadcast-network television show with kids aged 9-12 according to Nielsen stats