From the time I remember watching my older siblings flip through the stations of our T.V. I remember violence on T.V. From the simplest children shows such as Heman, Shera, and Transformers the violence within television has risen. But what these pictures paint in our heads is a surreal image. Superheroes who save the world within a 20-minute time period become our role models. Families who fight and resolve their problems within an hour span are looked upon as the "all American family." These representations of American life within our culture have been based upon television. Americans base much of their knowledge of the outside world from the television set within their homes.
             Where is all of this "evidence coming from?" Jane Pauley and Tom Brokaw hold a great deal of the news media together. When Katie Kouric's late husband passed we all were invited into her heart for a moment or so. These news broadcasters only report what is displayed in front of them. Managers and others select the media coverage, which will air on the 5 o'clock news. Violence usually plays a big part of that coverage.
             From the broadcasting stations in New York and around the world the "local" news blares from the television sets in American's living rooms. Racially the make-up is mostly white Caucasian American people. People living the 'American Dream' of having 2.2 children, the family dog, a comfortable house, and a two-door garage attached. Life should be this way. This way of living is taught to us since day one. We should look a certain way, act a certain way, and have certain valuable possessions in our lives to be an American. These looks include wearing name brand clothing advertised in the magazines we read, as well as wearing these clothes and accessories as shown on the models in the advertisement, (even if this means wearing your bra on the outsid
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