... telling society what is considered attractive. It is no accident that thinness is promoted as an essential criterion of beauty in television programs. According to a study published in the Toronto Star, one in three preadolescent girls is trying to lose weight and one in 10 of them show symptoms of an eating disorder. The Canadian Medical Association Journal also reported that ... unable to recognize that television violence is not real. Television also presents violence as funny and unreal. South Park is a crudely drawn cartoon that depicts life as seen through the eyes of third-grader...

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