Very good and very entertaining!!

But in it's defence it has some good points and has helped bring about significant change in the world (Not all for the worst). The way it did that is gradually being taken over by the internet.

Generally people are better informed today than past generations due to television and the net. Can they be manipulated - of course they can, but all types of media have been susceptible to misuse dating back the invention of Caxton's printing press. The reason the net is rapidly taking over lies in two things - you can chose, coupled with the wide range of information sources on any given topic.

The following would have had a much harder time had television been around in their day - and an impossible time today - Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin.