y, according to many political experts, since they do not permit the voters to see an unprejudiced point of view. It is also noted that people who rely on television as their major source of enlightenment are more politically cynical than those who draw from other sources. Michael Robinson?s ?Public Affairs Television and the Growth of Political Malaise? presents the idea that sums up most political activist?s perspective of television. He says, ?Events are frequently conveyed by television news through an inferential structure that often injects a negativistic, contentious or anti-institutional bias. These biases?evoke images of American politics and social life which are inordinately sinister and despairing.? Child BehaviorThe Scientific Advisory Committee reported that television violence is a major cause of childhood aggression. The American Psychological Association says that by watching television, children may become unaffected by brutality, and then mimic that violent behavior. They also claim that children will become less perceptive of the pain and suffering of others while at the same time becoming more apprehensive of the world as a whole. In an account by the American Family Association, it is stated that before a child reaches the age of 13, he or she will have observed 100,000 acts of televised violence, and 8,000 acts of televised murder. These acts, over time, will desensitize children both morally and psychologically to the point where they do not know the difference between actuality and fantasy. However, not all experts are of the same mind on this matter. Some deem that television has very little control over society as a whole, not only juveniles. That is exemplified by publicly broadcasting the executions of prisoners sentenced to death. This publicity neither reduces homicide rates nor promotes other homicides. In relation to the affect of television on children, David Horowitz states during a recorded d...
