I'm not sure about the general population, but I know I don't watch the same stuff they do. I usually spend my time watching pointless stuff like Adult Swim, or interesting stuff like the Discovery or History channel. I don't think I've ever watched an entire newscast on TV, they bore me, they are generally annoying. I certainly don't think it is a brainwash divice, but I can really only say that goes for me. I don't think you can put all of the blame on TV, its really both the people and the tools used to "inform" them. People will always be paranoid, and there will always be people playing up on this. TV is just one of the many forms that it appears in.
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