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Does Hollywood Hurt America?
Aired 6/16/1995

There is a great deal of sex and violence on television, in the movies, and in our popular music. Does this lead to unacceptable behavior? Is this coarsening our lives? Or are sex and violence age-old staples of art and literature?
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  Robert Bork
    Senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, former U.S. Solicitor General, and the author of Coercing Virtue: The Worldwide Rule of Judges.
  Camille Paglia
    professor of humanities at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, author of Vamps and Tramps
  John Leo
    columnist for U.S. News and World Report, author of Two Steps Ahead of the Thought Police

Originally Aired: 6/16/1995

   
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