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Television appalled and attracted him at the same time. He understood the extraordinary power of the medium, even as others saw it as merely a diversion or minor entertainment. And he also understood its potential for education, perhaps more fully than anyone else at the time. But even though he had the foresight to see its potential, he was also sickened by the crass, low grade humor of the television he saw.