By Kevin Harris Special to the Sundial Follow me on this. I resent, in a big way, having to have Congress enact their new Telecommunications Act to censor television in America. But I blame th e networks, producers and parents for such an extreme governmental move. We brought this on ourselves. Here is what we know.
Violence is now an epidemic in America, especially among our youths.
We also know, through countless clinical studies, that the seeming en dlessness of senseless violence on television, over time, has a numbing effect on children. Just look around. Enter the V-chip Q the semiconductor now required in new television sets to block out programs that parents deem too violent or sexually explicit for their chil dren. This technology will not, like some say, bring fascism falling down on us like acid rain. It will simply give parents, many of whom clearly don't have the ability or will to watch over their childrens' viewing habits throughout the day, the option of blocking out the more poisonous programs ahead of time.