[news.admin] Sex vs. Violence in the Media

sethg@athena.mit.edu (Seth A. Gordon) (05/08/88)

In article <5846@well.UUCP> slf@well.UUCP (Sharon Lynne Fisher) writes:
>
>>"I'd rather have my child watch a film of two people making love than of
>>two people trying to kill one another." -- John Lennon
>Actually, Lenny Bruce said this first.

This reminds me of a survey done by a TV consumer group (I think it was
ACT, Action for Children's Television) on violence on the tube.  The
network with the *most* violent acts per hour (or however they computed
it was).... the Christian Broadcasting Network.

No further comment.

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