CBS Evening News - 2000-09-11
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[0:01] Deliberately targeting children, the
[0:04] government accuses the entertainment
[0:06] industry. Gore makes it an issue. Bush
[0:09] cries foul.
[0:11] The Wen Ho Lee plea deal, a major
[0:14] embarrassment for US prosecutors.
[0:16] Europeans say enough to sky-high fuel
[0:19] prices, but world prices rise still
[0:23] higher.
[0:24] And Indiana coach Bob Knight has his
[0:27] backers.
[0:33] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:37] Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:39] headquarters in New York.
[0:42] Good evening.
[0:43] A new US government study out today
[0:45] accuses the entertainment industry of
[0:47] aggressively marketing material
[0:49] featuring sex and violence to America's
[0:51] children. The issue has quickly become
[0:54] part of the presidential campaign. This
[0:56] study, commissioned after the Columbine
[0:58] High School massacre, says 80% of
[1:00] R-rated movies are marketed to children
[1:03] under 17. It was 70% for restricted
[1:06] video games, 27% for music with what are
[1:10] called, euphemistically, explicit
[1:12] lyrics. The study also found ads draw
[1:15] underage television viewers to Xena,
[1:17] Warrior Princess, Buffy the Vampire
[1:19] Slayer, and South Park. Both Al Gore and
[1:22] George Bush reacted to the study today.
[1:25] Correspondent John Roberts has the
[1:27] details and the context.
[1:31] It's only fantasy, but according to the
[1:33] FTC, the way violence is marketed to
[1:35] children is all too real.
[1:37] Many companies
[1:39] in these entertainment sectors routinely
[1:42] market their materials to an underage
[1:45] audience regardless of the ratings.
[1:48] The industry has denied targeting young
[1:50] people. Under withering fire from the
[1:52] FTC, however, it admits there are
[1:54] problems with keeping v