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Do they rate ‘10’?
ohnny Carson plans to retire Sex and violence were main
J . . . Bert Parks is fired as Miss themes of a lot of media. To win
America Pageant host... 110 mil popularity, TV shows, movies,
lion people watch the Superbowl. . . music, and magazines used these to
Bo Derek and Dudley Moore rate attract an audience.
‘10’, while M*A*S*H*, Taxi, and Court cases have been fought
Three’s Company are high on Niel over media related crimes. Many
sen’s rating list. people feel that the criminals’ ideas
Does the media affect your life? are influenced by media, especially
You bet it does! When Bert Parks by violent television programs.
was fired, Johnny Carson, the One case was that of Ronny
Tonight Show host, held up a t-shirt Zamora. The 15 year-old was con
with the slogan, ‘We want Bert’. This victed to 25 years in prison for mur
launched a nationwide campaign of der. He claimed that he was ‘invo
bumper stickers and buttons. ‘We luntarily intoxicated’ by the T.V. vio
want Bert’ was nationally covered by lence and that caused him to shoot
newspapers, magazines and televi a neighbor.
sion. Although there are many contro
Superbowl XIV and Thanksgiving versial television programs on after
are the two events of the year that prime time 7-10 p.m., there are still
bring more families together. With many family shows to be enjoyed by
110 million people watching the all. Favorites are: “ The Muppet
game between the Pittsburgh Steel- Show,” “ Happy Days,” and “ Mork
ers and the Los Angeles Rams, the and Mindy.”
crime rate went down to a lull.
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