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Is Media Overload Ruining Your Kids? (Infographic)

When I was in elementary school, we didn't have a television. When we visited friends or family who did, cartoons and the Nickelodeon channel seemed like magic to me. I couldn't look away. I'd often z…

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Old Habits Die Hard

I grabbed "Kundalini Rising" and went downstairs to read while my family slept in. The morning sun poured into the back of the house for the first time in days. I tended the cats, …

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Schoolhouse Rock Turns 40

If you grew up in the 1970s, or even the 80s, and had a TV within your reach, you no doubt learned a thing or two from some of your Saturday morning viewings. That is, at least, if you were lucky enou…

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Is “Food Porn” Making Us Fatter?

It may seem like a ridiculous claim, but that's what television personality Dr. Oz argues, on a recent episode of The Dr. Oz Show. During the episode, he poses this question to three respected food pe…

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Breaking Bad with Recipes

Now some would argue that the golden age of television existed decades back with M.A.S.H. and Archie Bunker, or maybe even before that with Sid Caesar and The Twilight Zone. However we seem to be in a…

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Women and the Media

I had a fascinating conversation today about the relationship between women and the media. There is truly a need for authentic women's voices. Too often, in the media, women are either objectified or …

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Should Images of People Eating Chicken Be Banned from TV?

There was a great travelogue, called Danziger’s Travels, published in the early '90s about traveling the length of the old Silk Road. In the book Nick Danziger winds up in a small Persian town in the …

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6 Funny Dogs Singing TV Theme Songs (Videos)

A good TV theme song is both evocative and catchy. A great theme song gets the whole family interested – even the animal members! Here are six cute dogs who just can't help but add their musical styli…

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TV Has Gone to the Dogs

Dog TV says it offers "a new breed of television" to entertain our canine companions. Photo Credit: llimllib via Flickr. Odd News by NewsLook var nl_rand = "am19Lw4ULQRR4N28", NewsLook = New…

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The Perils of Screen Time

While growing up, there were literally no restrictions on television in our house. My mother, as a hard-working single parent, loved TV and grew to appreciate how much of a companion it was to her two…

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