Anyone can see that child and teen violence in America is on the rise. However, what is the cause of this sudden rise in child and teen violence? The article "Children and Violence in America", tries to answer that very question.
             In "Children and Violence in America", Dudley Erskine Devlin points out that children are more and more often "both the victims and perpetrators" of violence. As a means of presenting his own belief on the "underlying cause" of this increased violence, Devlin presents two other preexisting views on the issue. The first is that of "self-appointed liberal reformers" who believe that television and movie violence is causing increased violence among children and teenagers. Devlin then presents another argument, which is a belief, that "social violence causes violent behavior in children" and teenagers. Devlin however, argues that these are only "half-truths" and that the "real truth" is that the "liberal media" has invented this epidemic of violence as a means of frightening the public as well as "sell newspapers and raise their Neilson ratings". The article concludes with Devlin telling the reader not to jump to conclusions.
             I agree with Devlin that the "liberal media", for instance the newspapers and television media, need to calm down. I truly despise turning on the evening news night after night only to see that another child was killed as a result of gang violence or some other heinous form of violence. What's more upsetting, is seeing the same crime story that was reported on at six o'clock on Monday, reported again at six o' clock on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday simply because it involved a child or teenager. Crimes of this nature should only be shown once at the beginning of a news cast and then followed by all of the good things which occurred on that given day. The media must stop this type of news coverage. It is carnivorous and sickening, I my opinion, and the more of it we see "this" week, th...