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average child reaches 16 years of age, he



             will  see  over  200,000  acts  of  violence,



             including  33,000  murders.  This  was  Time



             Magazine, June 1989.  You know that that



             statistic is far higher now.  By the time the



             average teenager reaches 16 years of age,



             he will see over 400,000 illicit sexual scenes



             in movies and television.  By the time a child



             finishes elementary school, he will see 8,000



             murders,  100,000  acts  of  violence  on



             television — and, again, that is a lot higher



             right  now.    A  study  that  was  done  by  TV



             Guide in 1993 reported that in a single day,



             TV showed over 1800 acts of violence, over



             300  assaults,  over  300  uses  of  guns,  and



             over  200  punches.  Again,  this  is  NBC



             Nightly News in 1993.



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