“For at least two decades, experts have warned that television, movies, music, and other entertainment media are desensitizing young people to violence and death,” writes Judith A. Reisman, president of the Institute for Media Education. “Murder, rape, and physical assault are common fare in movies and award- winning television drama, and some popular music genres have taken to glorifying sex, violence, murder, and even suicide,” she warns, echoing a common view that the level of violence in popular culture has reached crisis proportions. “Most parents,” writes former Secretary of Education William Bennett, “although they are not . . . revolting in the streets, are deeply worried. They feel as if they are swimming upstream, fighting against faceless television, movie, and music executives who are fighting against them. This is a very serious problem...