I'm not a couch potato -- I'm a political activist

In this week's Newsweek, Anna Quindlen argues that TV-watching and -understanding should be required for our political leaders, to enable those who are separated by privilege to understand the daily life of an average TV-viewer.

Yes, because watching Surreal Life reruns doesn't feel divorced from reality at all.

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