Read the second part of the article. What was the

Read the second part of the article. What was the author39;s purpose in writing this article? You will probably laugh a little at that list, but there is a clear relationship between the amount of tv viewing one does and all of the qualities I39;ve described. After all, being the audience for a tv is a passive act; scientists told the Los Angeles Times that on average, a child watching television slips into the passive brain state within 30 seconds of beginning to watch television. Most adults I know seem to start out that way. For me, watching television is an exercise in observation; I am aware of camera angles, stage-setting, exiling,.and message-shaping more than of what ty tries to sell me; indeed, it doesnt take much to become a sophisticated tv viewer all you have to do is turn it off for a while to see how empty and manipulative it is when you turn it on again. That unreality was never more painfully real than the time I watched Mike Wallace recap key moments of the 39;70s during a New Year39;s Eve broadcast. The most powerful of the images was of the terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. I re-experienced the horror of the murders of the Israeli athletes growing more deeply involved in the story with every passing second. With no warning, a Miller Beer commercial suddenly blared onto the screen, and it was as though a fully-loaded garbage -truck had plowed into my gut. I almost vomited with the shock and sense of violation. Admittedly, I have spent a few great moments in front of the tube. Live coverage of the Detroit riots in 1966, the -assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby in 1963, and the end of President Reagans first State of the Union address might qualify, though. Each of those events, I would note, was broadcast live, free of commercial interruption. But I suspect that television executives would decide whether to show Jack Ruby39;s act today. Thats another problem with tv: Its carefully controlled and information is fed to Americans by just a few huge corporations, and they seem unable to understand it April 23-29 is National TV-Turnoff Week, and I urge everyone who wants to see another world in this lifetime namely, ibis one to join those of us who have learned how to live in ft.