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Mature Material Marketed to Kids

by Maarten Goldstein, Aug 27, 2000 10:30am PDT

They can never give it a break can they? A new report by the US Federal Trade Commission has show that movie studios, record companies and video game producers have aggressively marketed violent entertainment products to children (thanks Stomped). Guess who made his way into this article as well? That's right, senator Joseph I. Lieberman.

Investigators reviewed thousands of pages of internal documents from the entertainment industry, including market research showing that violent material is an effective lure to get young people to buy movie tickets, music and video games, sources say.
I bet this argument will go on forever.




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