My family had a TV in 1949, many didn't. I think its safe to say that the nature of what we are exposed to on TV has devolved from 30 minutes of national news per night, to a feeding frenzy to attract our attention and increase ratings. The old saying "if it bleeds, it leads" fuels most of what we see on national and local news. We have become desensitized over time to what used to be shocking.
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