TV News and the Culture of Violence

James McGuire

English 322, Section#567

May 7, 2003

TV News and the Culture of Violence

The aftermath of Columbine High School tragedy in Littleton, Colorado, a national debate developed in, American Culture about violence. Parenting and school security is not helping to these victims of teenagers. Who have access of guns, and police find evidence ofDNA fingerprints from, holding the trigger. Innocent citizens of our nation see killing innocent school students is, sickness of murder and violence. It’s concluded in violence, film, video games, television, internet, and music. 75% Americans who watch TV News, are into to a catastrophe of, death and blood. These plagiarized television news has generated copycat crimes, mass murdering, terrorism, kidnapping, molesting, affairs, hijackings, workplace violence, product tampering using dangerous experiments to explode, hate and love crimes and killing yourself. Viewing violent video teaches, violent conflict which, encourages aggressive behavior, and makes a depressing emotion to victims.

I have watch TV News programs such as: BBC, Fox Worldly News channel, KION on CBS, NBC and CNN. Also intelligent people on television go on debate, or arguments about these violence’s. Yes I have notice what has been going in much of the number of programs related to violence. I think the violent content of news programs is affecting people by making them understand the violence’s makes them worried, terror sadness, depression, they stay in their houses for protection and have fear. Others who view the violent content of news programs are having a crime and killing addiction. The violence makes a pressure. I suggest to have protection not to enter into crime events but, these news programs gives you information, about what is happening with are world today, from are newscasters, and the people, who produce the television news.