Kill your television... - Beyond Tiki

T tikibars Tiki Socialite Aku Hall, Chicago Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2034	T tikibars Posted posted on Wed, Apr 7, 2004 11:34 AM On 2004-04-04 23:36, donhonyc wrote: More evidence on the detrimental effects of TV on kids. USA Today just released this report Sunday. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-04-05-tv-bottomstrip_x.htm "Short attention span linked to TV" This is NEWS? Is USA Today under the impression that people haven't been aware of this for a few decades? More ironically, this 'news' is coming from a newspaper that won't run articles over a certain llength, or use words beyond a certain comlexity so as not to confuse their 7th-grade reading level audience... or to lose those without the attention span to read more than a few paragraphs. "Short attention span linked to TV... perpetuated here"

On 2004-04-04 23:36, donhonyc wrote:
More evidence on the detrimental effects of TV on kids. USA Today just released this report Sunday.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-04-05-tv-bottomstrip_x.htm

"Short attention span linked to TV"

This is NEWS?

Is USA Today under the impression that people haven't been aware of this for a few decades?

More ironically, this 'news' is coming from a newspaper that won't run articles over a certain llength, or use words beyond a certain comlexity so as not to confuse their 7th-grade reading level audience... or to lose those without the attention span to read more than a few paragraphs.

"Short attention span linked to TV... perpetuated here"

Post #85089 by tikibars on Wed, Apr 7, 2004 11:34 AM