Fighting Words
Posted by anastasia on 08-08-2006In response to the study alleging that TV wrestling makes teens more violent:
"We regret that this seven year old junk science was re-issued. It was junk science then, and is junk science now. It took them seven years to get someone to actually read it and it hasn't even been subjected to a peer review. There is nothing new in the study, and we think it is recycled garbage put forward by some obscure professor who finally got someone to read his paper and is trying to get his name in the media."
- Vince McMahon, Chairman, World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (BusinessWire)
August 8th, 2006 at 8:48 am
The problem is that the wrestling industry presents it as real, and so teenagers may underestimate how much they can hurt someone with the moves.
The wrestling shows should be required to label it fake, as a consumer fraud issue. Game shows are legally required to have disclosure, and so should wrestling.