The system works depends on the people overseeing it.
Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
Television is by nature the dominator drug par excellence. Control of content, uniformity of content, repeatability of content make it inevitably a tool of coersion, brainwashing, and manipulation.
You can't control the things that happen to you, but you can control the way you react to them. It's all perception.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
We can't control everything that might happen.