Groups Ramp Up Rhetoric on Media Violence

TV and movie representative head for White House meeting

Coinciding with White House talks on preventing gun violence scheduled for later today at the White House, groups are ramping up the rhetoric and a lot of it is directed at violence in media and entertainment.

Common Sense Media and the Center for American Progress released a nationwide survey showing that 77 percent of parents believe that media violence—content in TV, movies and video games—is partially to blame for violence in real life. Even more, 88 percent, want ads for violent games, movies and TV shows to be restricted from airing in programming where a large audience of children might be watching.

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