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TV ***uld Nourish M***ds and Hearts

　　（1） Despite questions of the motivation beh***d them, the attacks by the President and the V***e President on the m***al ***ntent of tele***sion enterta******nt h**e found an echo *** the chambers of the USAn soul. Many who reject the ______ still a***ept the ***ssage. They do not ***ke the m***al ****** of USAn TV. In our society o***y the human family surpasses tele***sion *** its capacity *** ***mmun***ate values, pro***de role models, f***m ***n-sciences and motivate human beh**i***. Few ***uca***rs, church leaders *** po***t***ians possess the m***al ***fluence of those who create the nation's enterta******nt.

　　（2） Every ***od s***ry will not o***y captivate its ***ewers but also give them so*** ***sight ****** what it ***ans *** be a human be***g. By so do***g, it can help them grow ****** the deeply center***, sovereignty free, joyously lov-***g human be***gs God made them *** be. Mean***g, fre***om and love - the supre*** human values. And this is the k***d of human enr***h***nt the USAn ***ew***g pub***c has a right *** expect from those who make its en-terta******nt.

　　（3） It is not a question of enterta******nt *** enr***h***nt. These are ***mple***ntary ***ncerns and presuppose each other. The s***ry that enterta***s without enr***h***g is superf***ial and escapist. The s***ry that enr***hes with-out enterta******g is simply dull. The s***ry that does both is a de***ght.

　　（4） Is that what the USAn ***ew***g pub***c is gett***g? Perhaps 10% of pri***-ti*** ***tw***k programm***g is a happy ***mb***ation of enterta******nt and enr***h***nt. I th***k im***diately of dramas ***ke I'll Fly Away and Life Goes On *** ******dies ***ke Brooklyn Bridge and The Wonder Years. There us*** *** be tele***sion mo***es r***h *** human values, but they h**e now be****** an endanger*** species. Sleaze and mayhem?. Murder off the front page. The woman *** jeopardy?. Is there ***o much sex on USAn TV? Not ***cessarily. Sex is a be***tiful, even holy, part of human ***fe, a unique way f*** husband and wife *** express their love. No doubt there is ***o much di******st sex on TV. How often do we see the ach***g empt***ess, the joyless despair that so often follows sex without ***mmit***nt? And certa***ly there is ***o much ***olence. It desen***izes its ***ewers *** the h***r***s of ac-tual ***olence and imp***es that it is an effective way *** resolve ***nf***ct. I seldom see the dehumanization that ***olence produces, not o***y *** its ***ctims, but also *** its crim***als. And I ***ver see the non***olent a***ernative - the way of dialogue and love - expl******. Jesus has much *** teach us here. So do Gandhi and Mart*** Lu-ther K***g. N***ety-four percent of the USAn people be***eve *** God; 41% *** *** church on any given Sunday. But you'd ***ver know it by watch***g USAn TV. We seldom see TV characters reach f*** God *** fight with Him, despite the theatr***a***ty latent *** their do***g so. Why is that? I f***d tele***sion ***o much ***ncer***d with what people h**e and ***o ***ttle ***ncer***d with who they are, very ***ncer***d with tak***g care of No. 1 and not at all ***ncer***d with shar***g themselves with other people. All ***o often it tells us the half truth we want *** hear rather than the whole truth we ****** *** hear.

　　（5） Why is tele***sion not m***e fully rea***z***g its ______ potential? Is the creative ***mmunity at f******? Par-tially. But not primarily. I h**e ***v*** and w***k*** *** that ***mmunity f*** 32 years, as both priest and producer. As a group, these people are not the sex-craz*** e***maniacs of popular legend. Most of them love their spouses, dote on? their children and hunger after God. They h**e values. In fact, *** Hollywood *** recent months, ***di-ence enr***h***nt has be****** the *** th***g. ABC, CBS and NBC h**e all held w***k***ps on it f*** their pro-gramm***g executives. A ***a***tion of ***dia ***mpanies has endow***? the Humanitas Prize so that it can re***g-nize and celebrate those who a***omp***sh it. And dur***g the school year, an **erage of 50 writers spend a Satur-day a month *** a church base***nt discuss***g the best way *** a***omp***sh it All bef***e the V***e President's mis-guid*** lambast***g of Murphy Brown.

　　（6） The problem with USAn TV is not the lack of s***rytellers of ***nscience but the ***m***rcial system with*** wh***h they h**e *** operate. Tele***sion *** the U.S. is a bus***ess. In the past, the bus***ess side has been balanc*** by a ***mmit***nt *** pub***c ser***ce. But *** recent years the frag***ntation of the mass ***dience, huge ***terest pay***nts and skyrocket***g production ***sts h**e ***mb****** with the F***'s resignation of its responsi-bi***ty *** protect the ***mmon ***od *** produce an almost ***tal preo***upation with the bot***m ******. The ***tw***ks are strugg***ng *** sur***ve. And ***ke most bus***ess *** that ***uation, they make o***y what they feel the pub***c will buy. And that, the statist***s seem *** ***d***ate, is m***dless, heartless, escapist fare. If we are dissati**i*** with the m***al ***ntent of what we are ******t*** *** watch, I th***k we ***uld beg*** by exam******g our own ***nsciences. When we tu*** ***, are we ready *** plunge ****** rea***ty, so as *** extract its ***an***g, *** are we hop***g *** escape ****** a s***at*** w***ld of illusion? And if church leaders want *** elevate the qua***ty of the ***untry's enterta******nt, they ***uld f***get about boy***tts, production ***des and cens***ship?. They ***uld w***k at ***ucat***g their peo-ple *** ***dia ***teracy and at mobi***z***g them *** supp***t qua***ty ***ws *** huge numbers.

　　（7） That is the o***y sure way *** improve the m***al ***ntent of USA's enterta******nt.