Is television learning bad for children?

    While looking back at reading Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman what really intrigued me was chapter 10 of the book titled "Teaching as an Amusing Activity" This chapter is about the effects of learning through television with programs such as "Sesame Street". Postman strongly argues against using television to teach children anything as there is no consistency as to what they are learning and each lesson has to be compressed in to only one thirty minute episode. He furthers his argument by claiming that if children learn through television then they will expect a school environment to be the same as the environment that they see on television. 

    Personally I believe that children should not learn lessons like math or science through television because it changes their entire thought process and it just leads them down a path of trying to entertain themselves while learning when a school environment does not allow such learning. Furthermore children don't even pay attention to what the show is trying to teach them as they are so interested in the fun environment and the colorful characters they don't pay attention to what the characters are saying or trying to teach them. Television should not be trusted with teaching children because if adults can't even process what the news it trying to explain to them in the short amount of time it is presented then how do they expect children to remember what they are being taught. What is your opinion on the matter, should children watch educational television or should they just stick to reading a book?