Andrew Golis

Hillary is pushing a bill that would try to combat the effect of sex and violence in the media on children:

She wants President Bush and Congress to direct $90 million over five years to study the impact of electronic media on kids’ “cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and behavioral development.

“We need better, more current research to study the impact of the new interactive, digital and wireless media dominating our kids’ lives,” Clinton said yesterday, after reintroducing the bill that she also backed last year.

As first lady, Clinton pushed for better controls over what children see through the so-called V-chip law, which made it easier for parents to keep inappropriate television shows away from young eyes. During her campaign for Senate in 2000, she supported efforts to limit kids’ exposure to sex and violence.

During a Kaiser Foundation forum, Clinton singled out the popular video game Grand Theft Auto, which allows players to pretend they’re on a crime spree.

“They’re playing a game that encourages them to have sex with prostitutes and then murder them,” Clinton complained.

Over time, she argued, the effects of such media-driven desensitization teaches children “that it’s OK to diss people because they’re women or they’re a different color or they’re from a different place.”

For some reason I have the feeling that this is something that Democrats are supposed to oppose, but I have no idea why. It seems SOOO important that we turn back the tide of our violent, anti-intellectual sexist culture. Can anyone explain to me what the problem with that is?

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