That’s the result of a new shock horror report just out. (That’s a phrase my Dad will smile at and probably no one else.) It claims that there are more and more corpses being shown on US TV, in fact it’s doubled on last year. That’ll probably because the US keep shooting and killing people and then putting the dead bodies on the news? From the BBC article.
The survey for the Parents Television Council pressure group recorded 63 corpses on the six main US networks during one week’s primetime shows. It counted 27 bodies visible in the same period in 2004.
The graphic scenes recorded included a man falling from a skyscraper in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and a badly decomposed body in Bones.
Oh give me a break, that’s what those shows are about. Quick, ban them. While you’re at it, better ban the news, they show dead bodies and people shooting each other at all times of the day.
PTC research director Melissa Caldwell said the issue of the number of corpses was overshadowed by concerns over sex scenes.
Yes. No one in the US dies or has sex.
Earlier this month, the group complained about a scene in which a stripper’s throat was slit because it was shown before 9pm.
It would have been okay if it were anyone but a stripper! Oh come on people, these shows are in context, and if anyone tries to tell me about de-sensitising people, well you better stop any reporting on wars. I’ve seen more burnt and shot corpses on the news from Iraq than I have in all the films I’ve ever watched, and that’s way more disturbing to see.
I am also capable of rational and intelligent thought. Strangely so are most children. In a programme I recently watched where the interviewer was trying to get kids to admit violent video games made them violent, one eight year old kid turned to her and said, “don’t be stupid, it’s a game! It’s a character. It’s not real!”. The survey they had backed the kid up.
Oh and that 9pm crap doesn’t work if the parents keep their kids up late. Just tell the parents about content and let them decide what’s best. Stop nannying us about!
