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Jerry Mander Has 4 Arguments for the Elimination of TV. Could You Give It Up?

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In this brief interview, Jerry Mander, author of "In the Absence of the Sacred" and "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television", describes the drawbacks of television. The reasons might not be what you'd expect.

This is an excerpt from the extended interviews of What A Way To Go: Life At The End Of Empire. 
 

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