We’ve Been Blaming Movies for Real-Life Crime for Over a Century

We've Been Blaming Movies for Real-Life Crime for Over a Century

Our nation’s talking heads love to blame real world crime on various forms of media. Whether it’s sexual video games, poopmouth song lyrics, or violent movies, we’re led to believe that junk media creates deviance. But this is far from a new phenomenon. In fact, your great-great grandparents probably heard identical warnings about the new media of their day: Movies.

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