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During Tuesday’s election, I was getting contradictory results from various online news sources — frustration. In search of clarity, I lurched into the living room and turned on the TV. What did I find? Talking heads repeating numbers I already knew. Rather than question or analyze the available contradictions, they had a source and spoke authoritatively about it. So much for that.

Thereupon, today as I consumed on the iPad, roaming from Mac to cooking, back to writing, then folding and onto driving, I realized that TV per se is already dead.

The interesting bit is that since the iPad I’ve been consuming a lot more TV (and books), more than I have in years. However, I haven’t read a single “book” and, for obvious reasons, infrequently turn on the set.

In these respects — getting a lot, thanks for asking — I am free from the man. Still, whatever shall we do about sports? It would be ever so nice to have another way to watch the Steelers on Monday night justin case they’re not on broadcast TV.

We need a constitutional amendment or something. Seriously, lives are at stake…

What’s your take?