Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't think there is enough educational programming, but unfortunately, television is built around advertising and those shows don't get the big ratings.
When I grew up, we didn't have a TV, and I think more families today have ambitions of getting out of their environment, such as sending their children to university.
While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility.
Rather than lose the public because television is here, wouldn't it be smart to adopt television as our instrument?
Our legislation addresses broadcasts over the public airwaves, but I hope the cable and satellite industries see the importance of this issue and voluntarily create a family tier of programming and offer culturally responsible products.
Without television and mass communication, that knowledge wouldn't exist. So I think it actually has the possibility of turning people into more understanding and more empathetic people.
Broadcast TV is still the mothership and it will be for the foreseeable future. Audiences may be declining slightly but revenues are going up and profits are going up.
There should be more on television that uplifts people and shows them how to better prepare themselves for earning a living.
I think that every time you bring a subject into the mainstream landscape of television, it can have a huge impact. Television is such an influential medium.
Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education.