Sen. Clinton proposes expert study of media effect on children

[Khephra]

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton announced Monday that she has introduced a bill to study the effect on children of electronic media _ "from the television to the Internet to the CDs and MP3s children carry with them everywhere."

Too many children, she said, live in "a sedentary, indoor, media-dominated environment."

The Children and Media Research Advancement Act would establish a panel of experts to study, for example, whether long exposure to such passive entertainment contributes to childhood obesity, the senator said in a speech to the Westchester Children's Association.

"It's not just the content, it's the process," she said.

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[Jackpine Radical]

1. Obesity and brain rot.

Media are a major cause of the Tragedy of Juvenile Republicanism.

As that great Amercan philosopher Dan Quail said, "A mind is a terrible thing to lose."

[KittyWampus]

2. I've Often Wanted To Start A Thread About Advertising & Little Kids

Should it be banned? Is it abusive?

In some European countries, it is severly curtailed.

In almost ALL Europe it is at least regulated.

[Khephra]

3. That's understandable

However, I worry whenever I see Lieberman's name as a sponsor or co-sponsor on any media related bill or study.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

4. Growing up in a matrix of corporate propaganda makes FAT HEADS.

Hillary is on the right track. TV and cars are killing our bodies and minds.

Children are the most vulnerable to toxic bullshit in their minds and bodies and are the fodder of institutionalized FASCISM.

[Massacure]

5. Good. Last Friday we took a political ideology test in American History

There were 50 question on a scale of 1 to 4. A score of 50 was liberal and score of 200 was progressive Of course we had to reverse some answers before scoring as a anti-cheating measure. I got 67. A lot of people considered thsemselves republicans before the test and democrats after it.