Time to tame TV violence

TIME TO TAME TV VIOLENCE
[SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor, AUTHOR: Editorial staff]
[Commentary] The television industry is not correcting itself to the satisfaction of parents – whose children watch an average of two to four hours of TV a day. Eighty-two percent of parents with young children say violence in children's programming is a major concern. Nine in 10 say it has a serious negative impact on their kids. Government regulation is tricky here because the courts have protected violent speech and depictions under the First Amendment. But doing nothing would leave children at greater risk to models of violence. And it would leave society at greater risk of aggression committed by people who were influenced by violent media, as many studies show. Congress may resist a foray into these other media areas. But unless it acts now to claim a right to regulate in them, society might as well give up trying to have any collective controls other than consumer boycotts to curb the corrosive effects of violent media.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0510/p08s01-comv.html