A lot of boomer behavior and beliefs make sense when you realize this. A lot of them were raised by whatever garbage was on TV due to neglectful parents.
Do yourself a favor and watch an episode of one of these shows some time. MASH, Gilligans Island, the Andy Griffith Show, etc. Pure escapism. Simple black and white moralistic protestsnt values.
Now realize that when boomers reminisce about a time when “townspeople knew the local cop” that this never existed. They are literally just going off what they seen on the andy griffith show as a kid during their formative years.
My Hindu fascists parents are addicted to corporate owned cable TV news. They cannot avert their gaze from the fast moving graphics, the bright eye-popping colours and the newscaster who is for some reason constantly shouting and is a thinly veiled far right demagogue. It is like watching a toddler who cannot help but stare at the TV screen. Even when passively absorbing it I can feel my soul getting poisoned and they watch it non-stop whenever they have free time.
Which one though? It could be anywhere from the elitist SoBo brainrot on Republic, or the unfiltered, rustic hate-speech in Sudarshan news.
Honestly though, I can’t tolerate the stupid, fast-paced electro-flute-tabla fusion music from Aaj Tak that I come across occasionally on YT. We’ve got a TV but without a set-top box, so it has been collecting dust from the past eight years.
I don’t know which ones honestly. I always bounce off if they have their audiovisual opiod dispenser on. There are a legion of those, all almost identical differing only on the language and the retina burning colour scheme. I know that they watch Republic TV sometimes, and the channel which is the cesspit of that annoying dickhead Arnab something.
Edit: Might not be named Arnab but I am certain the name is Bengali.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: