Living in a ‘rural’ area of the United States, I suspect many of us receive our National news from our TV. We are not forced to be instantly informed and ‘live’ in a society and work place where the national news is the primary source of discussion and entertainment. Our TVs have become one of our primary sources of information and entertainment.

TV is not all bad, but it certainly is not all good either. I know of individuals who do not have a TV in their homes.

Over the past many years I have received a few bits of advice: “Don’t watch FOX news on TV . . .” or “Rush Limbaugh doesn’t know a t...