Is TV a cure for loneliness?

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Total of 69 votes - click on the "Display Comments" bar below to sort comments

34.8%

It depends -- for shut-ins and recluses, it's better than silence

24 votes

13%

No, no one should turn to TV as a friend

9 votes

52.2%

Sure, why not? Whatever works in today's disconnected society

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Sure, why not? Whatever works in today's disconnected society

I watch several serials CSI, Eastenders, Criminal Minds, 24, Breaking Bad. Characters become
family members. Looking forward to each

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- 6:29 pm EDT on Tue Apr 28, 2009

No, no one should turn to TV as a friend

It may help for a time, but it really does not replace the human connection we all need, and desire.

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- 1:25 pm EDT on Thu Apr 30, 2009

No, no one should turn to TV as a friend

people who use tv to substitute real world relationships will eventually lose the ability to differentiate the difference

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- 12:18 pm EDT on Tue May 5, 2009