Over at TNR, Michelle Cottle takes a hard look at the latest study linking TV viewing and violence, and finds some problems.

Researchers found that kids (average age of 14) who watch between one and three hours of television a day are much more likely to later exhibit aggressive behavior than those who watch less than one hour a day.

Less than one hour a day? I'm sorry, but these days, kids who watch less than one hour of television a day -- be it "Sesame Street," "Barney," or "Wrestlemania" -- are simply not normal. I mean that in the best way possible. Maybe their parents are deeply religious. Or hyper-intellectual. (Most of us know an idealistic academic who at some point threw out her TV set.) Or simply super-concerned with their child's upbringing. But any household in which youngsters are not watching even one hour of television per day almost certainly has some other socializing influence far more important than the presence -- or absence -- of "Power Rangers" on the tube.

A typically smart piece by one of TNR's best.
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