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with contributions from Kathleen Parker, Jon Spayde, Tanya Back

"Americans are frightened for and in some cases frightened of our children," said Deborah Wadsworth, executive director of the opinion research group, Public Agenda.

Yet, they're at a loss for what to do. ... The key lurks like some statistical Waldo among layers of percentages and numerical ranges within two ... polls.

The first was [a] Public Agenda poll. The second—conducted jointly by Nickelodeon cable network and Yankelovich Partners, Inc., a marketing and social research firm—found, guess what? Children are getting much of their information from television rather than from parents....

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