Television has changed the world in a number of ways. While people complain about television, they must also admit that television has had many positive effects on our society and has been part of a huge change in the way we live. Television has helped educate the population in a variety of ways and has in particular provided a key to bringing us together as a people, with a shared tradition. There is some concern that this may be changing with the coming of cable television because our choices are so much greater that we will n longer ha

Television has been criticized for not offering sufficient depth in its news analysis, but it is clear that television has become the major source of news and has brought information to millions of people who may not have had access to this much information in the past. I watch as well, but I also know better than to rely on television alone--or the radio, or one local paper, or any single source--for all my news.

Television has linked every part of the country directly with the power centers that control our lives, with New York, Los Angeles, Washington, state capitals, and so on. We have been able to experience the news first hand to a much greater degree than ever before. We have not merely heard