TV: "How TV Ruined Your Life," 2011
Charlie Booker has written, produced, and hosted this six-episode series currently airing on BBC Two about, well, it's in the title - how television has ruined your life through manipulation, delusion, propagandizing and outright lying. If you consider yourself educated or the least bit media savvy, I'd strongly encourage you to watch; here's the first half of the series' first episode, titled "Fear," with the second half available here. Instead of watching a mindless network sitcom or indulging in frenetic cable newscycles, take thirty minutes out of your usual day and pay attention:
Episode 2, "The Lifecycle," is available, too - part one and part two.
