I'm with you on the don't-want-tv-passive-consumption thing entirely. I'd like to pick up the point about TV as a stream of negativity and negative energy:

The news were presenting only stories filled with pain, suffering, death and negativity, while the sitcoms were showing a distorted version of reality, conveying the message that it was fun to laugh, mock or look down at others. Most of the shows promoted stupidity, ridiculed the misfortune of others, disability or awkwardness, some even reinforced racial stereotypes.

I work with the elderly in a carehome = BIG FAT DOMINANT television set in lounge. I notice, especially when I work in the Dementia unit, what the effect of this is. When the television is on, blaring and blasting the outrage, the hate, the blame, the anger; the effect is to unsettle the residents, triggering them in subtle and not so subtle ways. I feel it myself (not being exposed to it on a regular basis). However, when music is playing in the background - ClassicFM on radio, or a CD with music that is familiar; the opposite takes place! People remark when they enter the unit on how peaceful the atmosphere is.

People asked me how do I managed to live without it.

A little anecode for you @lymepoet, about not having a TV :D
A decade of so ago, an acquaintence had gone for a job interview with a company manufacturing SUVs. After being accepted for the job, she had an environmental change-of-heart and wished to turn it down. They called, trying to very hard to persuade her to accept...until she told them that she didn't have a TV at home! The call ended after that.
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