“I always felt that it was easier to take a funny person and teach them to write television than to take somebody who was a television writer and make them funny.” WritingPersonsFeltTeachTelevisionEasier Author:Roseanne Barr
“Television is just the wrong medium, at least in prime time, to teach science. I think it is hopeless if it insists on behaving like television. . . .” IfsThinkingTeachTelevisionMediumsHopelessPrimePrime Time Author:Jeremy Bernstein
“Television thus illustrates the mixed blessings of technological change in American society. It is a new medium, promising extraordinary benefits: great educational potential, a broadening of experience, enrichment of daily life, entertainment for all. But it teaches children the uses of violence, offers material consumption as the answer to life's problems, sells harmful products, habituates viewers to constant stimulation, and undermines family interaction and other forms of learning such as play and reading.” ChildrenPlayUseProblemFormReadingAnswersTeachViolenceTelevisionMaterialsProductsBlessingOffersBenefitsSellsConstantExtraordinaryEntertainmentEducationalMediumsDaily LifeInteractionConsumptionTechnologicalViewersStimulationAmerican SocietyGreat EducationalEnrichmentTechnological ChangeAnswers To Life Author:Kenneth Keniston
“My television teaches me that everything was wonderful in the Soviet Union. According to the programs I watch, the KGB and apparatchiks were angels, and the Stalin era was so festive that the heroes of the day must still be celebrated today.” StillsTodayWatchesTeachWonderfulTelevisionHeroAngelProgramUnionsErasSovietSoviet UnionFestiveKgb Author:Vladimir Sorokin
“Few parents teach their children how phoney the ads on TV are, how many lies and exaggerations they contain. How could they? These parents were also raised on television ballyhoo.” ChildrenLyingParentTeachTelevisionTvsRaisedAdsExaggeration Author:Louise Hay
“TV is a responsibility, not only in entertaining people, but using this medium of television in positive ways to teach people and enlighten people.” PeopleWayResponsibilityTeachTelevisionTvsMediumsEntertainingEnlightening Author:James Van Praagh