absolutely that's not to say there's not art in television. i adore so much film and documentary and cinema. it's not the same thing.
television as it's evolved as a medium has turned into the governments direct channel in to the brains of nations.
the same with post. what letters do people receive these days other than correspondence from the government? In the UK delivered by our esteemed 'Royal Mail' who we are told to worship like servicemen returning from the Great War