If watching tv influences nothing

[Bluzmann57]

and listening to the radio influences nothing as well, why do people always jump on the anti media bandwagon when a kid goes bad? Remember a few years ago when a kid killed his sibling by performing a 'rasslin move he saw on tv? That kid sure was influenced. Brent Bozell writes a weekly column which appears in one of our local newspapers about the evil influence of the media. So right wingers, don't tell me that the guy who (allegedly) shot Dr. Tiller wasn't influenced by O'Reilly and others like that.
edited for clarity and grammar.

[rurallib]

1. why would anybody spend money for advertising?

[havocmom]

2. Seems there would be no advertising on TV and radio if it didn't influence people

Again: the wingers can't have it both ways.

[seabeyond]

3. of course it influences. conditions. n/t