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have doubts that the problem ofJuvenile delinquency will be solved by the entertainment mediums putting out nothing but illustrations for the Girl Scout manual »wjth the revisions recommended by the Illinois American Legion). I feel that comic books, movies and television are about as responsible for juvenile delinquency as they are for adult delinquency.be overlooked.KIDS ARE a lot smarter than some people think and a lot dumber than other people know. Unlike some famous men. thev''Wrusually can tell which way is up. They know that the things they see on television or at the movies or read in comic books sre all make-believe They know it because in all of these mediums evil is always defeated by good and they know this has nothing to do with real life. Juvenile delinquency is caused by a great many factors but television*►* t-►►►► k ►►►►(h t-►►►►►►►►I-►* ★►hI-►Route 20—Pitt*.-Albany Koad Nev Lebanon, N.Y.3 Shows Nightly9 :30—11 :fMI—i ;()0TONIGHTSensational—Exciting!Estaleta MorreroShe’s Exotic She’s?Show boat Models ★Nicky KnightCrazy M.C.Nelly CarrollBroadwav Singing StarHerbert W. B e a s e r,chief counsel for the Senate subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency. seemed to place too great an emphasis in his recent letter to The Eagle on “the lust and crime and violence which characterize many TV programs, movies, comic books, magazines and newspapers.” Mr. Beaser made many discerning comments about the possible sourcesfor juvenile delinquency, but like others he tended to weigh too heavily the influence of the above as opposed to home, school and church. Although he with Walter Lippmann’s article on the subject in almost every other respect, he chimed in with him on the bad influence of mass media.Somehow I have the feeling that Walter Lippmann knows less about movies, television and comic books than almost any man on the street and I think this condition is true of all these other people who write so knowingly about the harmful effects of television and comic books.ALTHOUGH I don't know much about comic books, I have seen a lot of movies and watched a great deal of television and Ihave failed to see anything that would make a mass of bloodthirsty killers out of the youth of this nation. And 1 have yet to read a television or movie critic who has.It may be that juvenile delinquency is worse today than ever before and that the problem should be pursued and solved before Armageddon. But it might be wise to direct the hue and cry at more basic causes than television and comic books. They have about as much effect on juvenile delinquency as does a parental admonition.
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The Berkshire Evening Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
Thu, Sep 23, 1954
Page 12
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