"Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The national pastime, like it or not, is watching television"
- Bob Greene
About this Quote
This quote by Bob Greene recommends that the concept of a "national activity" is no longer applicable in today's society. Baseball was when thought about the national leisure activity, however it has actually considering that been changed by something else. According to Greene, the national leisure activity is now watching television. This might be analyzed as a commentary on the state of contemporary society, where people are most likely to invest their time in front of a screen than engaging in physical activities. It might also be viewed as a criticism of the absence of exercise in today's world, and the prevalence of inactive way of lives. Whatever the analysis, it is clear that Greene thinks that television has ended up being the main type of home entertainment in today's world.
This quote is written / told by Bob Greene somewhere between March 10, 1947 and today. He/she was a famous Journalist from USA.
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