This is our society - the American society - where freedom of press is guaranteed, where you are free to express your opinion - but we should regret that the liberty granted does not care for the hue and cry raised by social organization which go unheard, especially with respect to the violence shown on our television networks. On average, young children watch about 100,000 acts of violence before they are through with their schools. Several …showed first 75 words of 891 total…

…showed last 75 words of 891 total…the advertisers, in addressing this curse. References Methvin, Eugene H. (1983, January) "T.V. Violence: The Shocking new experience." Reader's Digest, pp. 49-54. Wurtzel, Alan, and Guy Lometti. (1984, Sept.-Oct.) "Researching Television Violence." Society, pp. 22-31. Retrieved November 16, 2000 on the World Wide Web: http://www.ridgenet.org/szaflik/tvrating.htm Chaffee, Steven H. et al. (1984, Sept.-Oct.) "Defending the Undefendible." Society, pp. 30-36. "Warning from Washington: Violence on Television is Harmful to children." (1982, May 17). Time, p.77.