Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 2:26am
STUDY SAYS VIOLENCE STILL ABOUNDS IN CHILDREN'S TELEVISION
[SOURCE: Kansas City Star, AUTHOR: Aaron Barnhart]
Thirty years after researchers found that Saturday morning cartoons were more violent than prime-time TV shows, a study released Thursday argued that little had changed. The report from the Parents Television Council, called 'Wolves in Sheep's Clothing,' found that children's shows were still more violent than adult shows — even when "cartoony" depictions of violence were factored out. With Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) sitting beside him, Parents Television Council executive director L. Brent Bozell said, "This disturbing trend signifies that parents can no longer be confident that their children will not have access to dark violence, sexual innuendo or offensive language on entertainment programming targeted toward children." David Kleeman, executive director of the American Center for Children and Media, said the council's researchers did not watch public TV — which is known for its children's programming — and did not take into account whether people on the shows were punished or learned lessons from their bad behaviors. "They looked at all of these behaviors in isolation," Kleeman said. "That kind of analysis eliminates any opportunity to do comedy, or drama, or even learning."
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