At Teleprison we are committed to bringing to light and expose the truth about how the television controls our lives and minds. Most of America is blinded to the truth via television and do not know any truth but what they inhale into their subconscious from the tv.
Another main goal is to bring you accurate unbiased news on the most important topics of the day. Stories that most of which are highly under reported otherwise by mainstream corporate media. Both major political parties are controlled by the same interests, so we do do not side with the left or the right.
TV Facts:
Decades of research and various studies clearly reveal that heavy television-viewing can lead to serious health consequences. The American medical community, which has voiced its concerns about the U.S. epidemic of violence, TV addiction and the passive, sedentary fashion of TV-watching, is now taking a more activist stance.
The average U.S. child will watch more than 8,000 murders on TV before they get through elementary school. By the age of eighteen, the average American has seen well over 200,000 acts of violence on TV, including 40,000 plus murders. Dr. John Nelson of the American Medical Association (endorser of National TV-Turnoff Week) states that if 2,888 out of 3,000 studies show that TV violence is a normal, casual factor in real-life mayhem, "it's a public health problem." The American Psychiatric Association states, "We have had a long-standing concern with the impact of television on behavior, especially among children."
Millions upon millions of Americans are so hooked on television that they fit the criteria for substance abuse as defined in the official psychiatric manual, according to Rutgers University psychologist and TV-Free America board member Robert Kubey. Heavy television viewers exhibit five dependency symptoms two more than necessary to arrive at a clinical diagnosis of substance abuse.
These include:
1) using TV as a sedative
2) indiscriminate viewing
3) feeling loss of control while viewing
4) feeling angry with oneself for watching too much
5) inability to stop watching; and 6) feeling miserable when kept from watching
Violence and addiction are not the only health problems related to television. A National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey that was released back in October of 1995 found that 4.7 million children between the ages of 6-17 (11% of this age group) were severely overweight, more than double the same rate during the 1960's. The main blame: inactivity; these same kids average more than 22 hours of television-viewing each week on top of a high-calorie diet. A study from 1991 showed that there were an average of 200 junk food ads in four hours of Saturday morning cartoons.
William H. Deitz, pediatrician and prominent obesity expert at Tufts University School of Medicine states, "The easiest way to reduce inactivity is to turn off the TV set. Almost anything else uses more energy than watching TV."
Children are not the only American citizens who are suffering from weight problems; more than one-third of American adults are overweight. An adult who watches three hours of TV a day is far more likely to be obese than an adult who watches less than one hour.
Sometimes the problem is not too much weight; it can be too little. Over 75% percent of American women believe they are too fat, an image problem that will lead to conditions such as bulimia or anorexia. Sound crazy? Not when we take into account that female models and actresses are 23% percent thinner than the average woman and thinner than 95% percent of the entire female population.
The average American citizen watches over 4 hours of TV each day (or 28 hours/week, or 2 months of nonstop TV-watching per year). In a 65-year life span, that person will spend 9 years glued to the television.
I. FAMILY LIFE
Percentage of households that possess at least one television: 99
Number of TV sets in the average U.S. household: 2.24
Percentage of U.S. homes with three or more TV sets: 66
Number of hours per day that TV is on in an average U.S. home: 6 hours, 47 minutes
Percentage of Americans that regularly watch television while eating dinner: 66
Number of hours of TV watched annually by Americans: 250 billion
Value of that time assuming an average wage of S5/hour: S1.25 trillion
Percentage of Americans who pay for cable TV: 56
Number of videos rented daily in the U.S.: 6 million
Number of public library items checked out daily: 3 million
Percentage of Americans who say they watch too much TV: 49
II CHILDREN
Approximate number of studies examining TV's effects on children: 4,000
Number of minutes per week that parents spend in meaningful
conversation with their children: 3.5
Number of minutes per week that the average child watches television: 1,680
Percentage of day care centers that use TV during a typical day: 70
Percentage of parents who would like to limit their children's TV watching: 73
Percentage of 4-6 year-olds who, when asked to choose between watching TV
and spending time with their fathers, preferred television: 54
Hours per year the average American youth spends in school: 900 hours
Hours per year the average American youth watches television: 1500
III VIOLENCE
Number of murders seen on TV by the time an average child finishes elementary school: 8,000
Number of violent acts seen on TV by age 18: 200,000
Percentage of Americans who believe TV violence helps precipitate real life mayhem: 79
IV. COMMERCIALISM
Number of 30-second TV commercials seen in a year by an average child: 20,000
Number of TV commercials seen by the average person by age 65: 2 million
Percentage of survey participants (1993) who said that TV commercials aimed at children make them too materialistic: 92
Rank of food products/fast-food restaurants among TV advertisements to kids: 1
Total spending by 100 leading TV advertisers in 1993: $15 billion
V. GENERAL
Percentage of local TV news broadcast time devoted to advertising: 30
Percentage devoted to stories about crime, disaster and war: 53.8
Percentage devoted to public service announcements: 0.7
Percentage of Americans who can name The Three Stooges: 59
Percentage who can name at least three justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: 17