We look at the violent, turbulent, virus-infected country we live in today and it negatively affects our daily lives no matter whether we are conservative or liberal. The entertainment industry, once providing a welcome relief to world problems, has now become a contributor to the stress and anxiety all of us face.

Sports provided a mental sanctuary for two or three hours a week; our focus was totally on our team winning. The political climate today has destroyed that relief.

In a past life, turning on late-night TV gave us a lighthearted and relaxing way to end the day. The entertainment industry has decided that is not what it wants to do. It sends us to bed seething mad on the political slant it takes.

Either way, the viewer is denied that sorely needed respite from the turmoil of the day. The ways to relieve stress have become fewer and fewer. The entertainment industry has successfully taken one more release valve away from us at a time when more are needed.

Richard Caster, Westerville