Watching television doesn't make you a part of anything, and if you feel you are a part of something when you are watching then you are succumbing to it's siren song. You see, that is the whole secret behind propaganda, making you feel as if YOU are an important part of the message, when really all they want is your silent obedience to the message. The most vocal who bring this to people's attention are carefully removed from the scene. The emperor really does not have any clothes on.
I grew up on television, it was my babysitter, my friend, its glowing tubes were warm and inviting and its hum was like a mother's cooing. Even after we graduated to solid state and color TV, it was my ever present buddy. He told me of all the great adventures I could have, and all I had to do was immerse myself in all its electronic glory and soak in the cheetos and soft drinks all the while fighting pirates and skeletons or meeting the most beautiful women in the world, yep TV was just awesome. Then I joined the Marines and went to other countries and found out the truth of it all, TV was a big fucking lie. The idiot box, and that means all those people who make TV a ritualistic part of their day are the ignorant masses, the idiots.
Oh sure, you can learn some things from TV, but every 12 minutes the program is interrupted by the most blatant greed driven capitalism run amok commercials and News talk shows designed to do nothing but elicit an emotional response designed to divide and conquer the idiots that watch it all in the first place.
I could go on, but I am sure some awesome TV show is about to start and I wouldn't want you to miss out on who shot JR.