Television dulls the mind and reinforces gender, racial, and economic stereotypes. It preaches euphisms about aging, and oftentimes doesn't stress the importance of reading. Sure, television may be educational, but too much television (unless you are an educational program junkie like me) can lower your ability to think abstractly (I learned that from a book). Oh, yeah, and the hoax that stresses that music strengthens intelligence is a lie, too, because it only really helps with mathematic skills: nothing more, nothing less. But that's just me putting my two cents in.
