Yes television is programming and they even call it as such LOL. In this day in age programming is from the cradle to the grave, it's fingers are in everything. As with everything you have to have discernment. Here is my only disagreement with your statement, that your fellow man is a 1 in a million long shot. I will use my father as an example. He is 82 years old and very attached to his little world. He actually brought up to me the fact that Israel is rogue and very dangerous. Now he figured this out without the aid of alternative media as he is not overly computer savy. He also said that they had the biggest spy network active in the USA. The old guy blew my mind, so I found the link to Mossad and moving companies and sent it his way. I do know where I live and it is the center of the STS in the world.I also see, every day people waking up to the fact that something is defiantly amiss. The only thing we can do is try to give these people a nudge in a different direction, nothing more. If they enjoy their little world well that's on them. I'm not the guy with the sign that says "THE END IS NIGH" I try the" here's a bite" technique now go look for yourself. Enough on this for the moment