I don’t think TV’s lies are nearly as big a problem as the fact that we don’t teach our kids to expect anything else from television. I taught my kids from early on- Nothing on TV has your best interest in mind, there’s a vast army of people involved and no one’s job is to advocate for you. Except Mr. Rogers. It still worries me that, when you compare a list of Logical Fallacies and a list of Popular and Effective Advertising Strategies… The lists are more or less the same things.
I don’t think TV’s lies are nearly as big a problem as the fact that we don’t teach our kids to expect anything else from television. I taught my kids from early on- Nothing on TV has your best interest in mind, there’s a vast army of people involved and no one’s job is to advocate for you. Except Mr. Rogers. It still worries me that, when you compare a list of Logical Fallacies and a list of Popular and Effective Advertising Strategies… The lists are more or less the same things.