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PTC
Oct 17, 2008 16:50:18 GMT -5
Post by creationist on Oct 17, 2008 16:50:18 GMT -5
Statistic of the Week:
Viewership of the CW's Gossip Girl, a program glamorizing teen sex and drug use, has risen 23% since last spring. -- (Entertainment Weekly, October 17, 2008)
Media Quote of the Week:
"We're going to push the limits on this show, like Nip/Tuck and The Shield -- violence, sex, bad language. We're going to see how big Spike's balls are on this one." -- Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White, on his new drama for basic cable network Spike, about gang warfare (HollywoodReporter.com, October 8, 2008)
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PTC
Oct 23, 2008 10:02:44 GMT -5
Post by melissamichigan on Oct 23, 2008 10:02:44 GMT -5
It is articles like this, that makes me feel hopeless..... "School holds surprise 'Gay' Day for kindergartners" www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=78829As many of you know, I do not have children. I can only hope, that those of you who do, feel like I do after reading this, as I AM READY TO GIVE A LESSON MYSELF, ON THE 2ND AMENDMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Melissa M
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PTC
Oct 23, 2008 18:22:31 GMT -5
Post by strat on Oct 23, 2008 18:22:31 GMT -5
If they had a surprise "Jesus Christ" day the whole faculty would be fired. If at all possible folks need to start pulling their children out of schools when this happens.
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PTC
Oct 25, 2008 0:04:25 GMT -5
Post by creationist on Oct 25, 2008 0:04:25 GMT -5
Statistic of the Week:
Adolescents who watched TV programs with a large amount of sexual content were twice as likely to have had sex by the time they were 16 as peers who did not watch sexually oriented shows. -- study by Jane Brown, journalism professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Time.com, September 11, 2008)
Media Quote of the Week:
"A lot of them were watching The O.C....I just remember the show's multiple sexual partners, the cocaine use, and then at the end, they drink, they drive, they set fires -- but all is well! There are never any consequences." -- middle-school counselor Julia Taylor, on a conversation with her sixth-graders (Time.com, September 11, 2008)
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PTC
Nov 1, 2008 16:01:43 GMT -5
Post by creationist on Nov 1, 2008 16:01:43 GMT -5
Statistic of the Week:
Nearly 11,000 profanities were aired during prime time on broadcast television in 2007 -- nearly twice as many as in 1998. (PTC study The Swear Box: Profanity on TV 1998-2008, October 29, 2008)
Media Quote of the Week:
"These producers do not have the best interests of your children in mind. They want to make dark, edgy films that can truly disturb adults, not just children. But without the attendance of children and adolescents the movies will bomb, or at least reduce their profitability. That's why the R rating must be avoided at all cost for movies with young teens and children as a target audience." -- former Hollywood casting director Shirley Crumley (OneNewsNow.com, October 27, 2008)
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PTC
Nov 10, 2008 17:08:07 GMT -5
Post by creationist on Nov 10, 2008 17:08:07 GMT -5
Statistic of the Week:
Fifty-four percent of children have a television in their bedroom, and children spend more time watching television than in any other activity except sleep. -- (Center for Research on the Influences of Television on Children's study Television and socialization of young children, 1996)
Media Quote of the Week:
"For decades the cultural arbiters in Hollywood and in the music industry have denied that they are having any negative effect at all on children...The studies accumulate. The sexual invitation that is modern entertainment continues unabated. The violence gets more graphic daily. And the kids get the abortions, and the STDs, and the emergency-room visits, and the heartache." -- columnist Mona Charen (National Review Online, November 4, 2008)
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PTC
Nov 14, 2008 17:59:48 GMT -5
Post by creationist on Nov 14, 2008 17:59:48 GMT -5
Statistic of the Week
About 25% of teens who watched shows with high levels of sexual content were involved with a pregnancy. Only 12% of those who watched programs with low amounts of sexually-oriented material were. -- RAND Corporation study Exposure to Sex on TV May Increase the Chance of Teen Pregnancy
Media Quote of the Week
"Watching this kind of sexual content on television is a powerful factor in increasing the likelihood of a teen pregnancy. We found a strong association...It might surprise people, but sitcoms had the highest sexual content." -- RAND study researcher Anita Chandra (Todayshow.com, November 3, 2008, via Focus on the Family's Plugged In Online)
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PTC
Nov 29, 2008 22:31:48 GMT -5
Post by rinoHUNTER on Nov 29, 2008 22:31:48 GMT -5
This thread truly reflects well the battle of the sick vs the WELL.
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