About This Quote
This quote is by the famous television critic, H. L. Mencken. He says that he likes to watch television, but he doesn't like to be watched by it.
The implication here is that we should spend time with people and not on televisions. He was a journalist and writer who wrote for the Baltimore Sun and also other papers.
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