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“There is a Virus Loose Within Our Culture: An Honest Look at Music’s Impact” is a report by the Free Congress Foundation proposing that popular music contributes to youth violence. The 18-page report includes 140 footnotes citing social and behavioural-science research, survey data and other information. The report found that music surpasses television as an influence in teens’ lives. Studies show that teens listen to about 10,500 hours of rock music between grades 7 and 12, 500 hours less than the total time they spend in school over 12 years. The report says consumers of negative or destructive messages internalize them more than those who listen to more neutral messages. – Evangelical Press News Service
The new WB network had the best and worst programs on network TV in the 1998-99 season, according to an annual study released July 12 by the Parents Television Council. WB’s “7th Heaven” was hailed as the most family-friendly program on TV;
“Dawson’s Creek” on the same network was identified as the most destructive. The shows were critiqued on the frequency of foul language, sex and violence, as well as on their time slot, target audience, themes and plots. Ranked second best was “Touched by An Angel” (CBS) followed by “Promised Land” (CBS), “Early Edition” (CBS), “The Smart Guy” (WB), “Cosby” (CBS), “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” (ABC), “Moesha” (UPN), “Sister Sister” (WB) and “Boy Meets World” (ABC). Rounding off the top ten worst programs, in ascending order, were: “Melrose Place” (Fox), “Will & Grace” (NBC), “Ally McBeal” (Fox), “Spin City” (ABC), “The Drew Carey Show” (ABC), “Friends” (NBC), “Millennium” (Fox), “Suddenly Susan” (Fox) and “That 70s Show” (Fox). – EPNS
John and Charles Wesley were immortalized by Britain’s national postal service when it put their likenesses on the most popular denomination of Christmas postage stamps as part of its “The Christian’s Tale” series. The series celebrates 1,000 years of Christianity in Britian. Texas artist Brody Neuenschwander designed the artwork for the stamp. John Wesley was the founder of Methodism, and his brother Charles wrote hymns, including the popular “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”. – EPNS
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