Placebos

Always distrust television that try to give you something you don't need. Avoid feel good reality fix up shows (like the one Laura Bush is doing during November sweeps) that glorify the fiary godmother corporate sponsors blessing underpriviledged floor sweepers with Cinderella makeovers. Beware police procedurals that always wring justice and order from chaos on tv while society breaks down around us, especially franchise police procedurals. And at all costs shun the voyeuristic Darwinian competition reality shows that split us into tight individualistic competitive boxes for fun and profit while the very notions of "the common good" and "the Golden Rule" become outmoded concepts and pithy mouthings.