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TV Violence Is Harming Our Children

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TV Violence Is Harming Our Children What's the most violent thing you've ever seen on television? A murder? An assassination? A deadly explosion? A war report on the nightly news? Whatever it was, the chances are, that image is etched in your memory. Now, we're balanced young people. We know those images won't do us any harm. Or do we? Could it be that even well-balanced people like ourselves are somehow affected by TV violence? I'd like to talk a little today about some of the things I've learned lately about TV violence, and I hope that by the time I'm done, you might see the whole issue a little differently. Let's start by answering this question: What actually constitutes TV violence? After all, one person's boxing match could be another person's blood sport. So right at the outset, we have some difficulty in nailing down the issue. Not surprisingly, a...

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