Television: The Hidden Picture

“This choppy stimulus is transferred directly into the brain via the optic nerve, which in turn irritates the hypothalamus. In scientific experiments conducted in the US but ignored by both the government and the television industry, rats exposed to colour TV for six hours a day became hyperactive and extremely aggressive for about a week. Thereafter they suddenly became totally lethargic and stopped breeding entirely.”

In effect their endocrine systems had been ‘burnt out.’ Equally significant was the fact that during the experiment the TV screens were kept covered in thick black paper so that only the invisible rays came through