We are perplexed and disgusted (as we should be) by tales of second graders having oral sex in public school classrooms, by the nation’s monumental problems with adolescent drug use and by the countless issues we see with bullying, personal image and the like. Media outlets and entertainment venues continue to provide our children with the most vile and incomprehensibly stupid examples of how to make the world’s worst decisions. Inevitably, shows like “Skins” glorify grotesque behaviors, while making them appear normative.
Why are we surprised by the decline in morality among America’s youth when we fail to put pressure on networks, music producers and other entertainment companies to act responsibly? If Hillary Clinton was right and it truly does “take a village,” then MTV should surely take heed.
| Mediaite
No comments:
Post a Comment