NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As some of the nation's top media executives gather tonight and tomorrow at the inaugural "Beyond Primetime" conference to discuss kids and the media, three of America's leading policymakers have responded with statements demonstrating bi-partisan support for work to improve the media environment for kids and families.
"Like never before, our children are growing up immersed in interactive, digital and wireless media that is constantly changing," said U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY). "It's no wonder that many parents are struggling to keep up. We need to do everything we can to keep providing parents and policymakers with better, more current facts about the impact of this new media dominating our children's lives."
"America is a media-rich society," said U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT). "But despite the flood of information, we still lack critical knowledge about how the vast media world affects kids. As policymakers -- and as parents -- we have a responsibility to examine the influence of media on our children, and to work to make the media world a healthier place for kids."
"Electronic media is changing rapidly, making it hard for parents and teachers to keep up," said U.S. Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS). "Protecting our nation's children and ensuring that parents have the most accurate and complete information on the effects of media on their children should remain a top priority."
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British soldier killed is 100th U-K combat death in Iraq
LONDON British officials are reporting their 100th military death from hostile action in Iraq since the U-S-led invasion.
A soldier was killed by a roadside bomb near the U-S consulate in Basra, where about 75-hundred British troops are based.
According to the Ministry of Defense in London, 131 British servicemen and women have died in Iraq since the beginning of the war. Of those, 100 deaths are attributed to injuries suffered in action.
The other 31 deaths were due to road accidents, illness, natural causes or unexplained causes.
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