TV Violence: Impossible To Get Rid Of Violence On Television
Beginning of paper
Tear gas flushes a gunman out of a house where he had been held
up. He comes out shooting, then falls in a hail of bullets from the S.W.A.T
team. A film of the shoot-out and removal of the gunman's body appear on the on
the evening news. Is this what Americans want to watch, or should it be
cen ....
Middle of paper
.... all violence to stop people from thinking about it. TV is
not the only problem.
Is there too much TV violence, or is it just what people want to see?
In a recent survey, violent scenes in nonfictional shows went up 150% and in
fictional shows they went up 39%. The overall violence went up 41%.
What about the V-chip? The chip that would block out violence
and sex on TV. But is that offending people's freedom of speech? Who would
choose to use the V-chip? The government can't ....
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