Ninth Annual MediaWise Video Game Report Card

Sen. Lieberman, Sen. Kohl, Rep. McCollum, and Dr. David Walsh to release 2004 mediawise video game report card. National institute on media and the family also launches new public service announcement encouraging parentsto "watch what their kids watch"

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RE: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MEDIA AND THE FAMILY, SENATOR LIEBERMAN, SENATOR KOHL AND REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM WILL RELEASE THE NINTH ANNUAL MEDIAWISE VIDEO GAME REPORT CARD.

THE INSTITUTE WILL ALSO UNVEIL A NEW NATIONWIDE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT AIMED AT PARENTS TO WATCH WHAT THEIR KIDS WATCH."

WHO: Dr. David Walsh, president and founder of the National Institute on Media and the Family Senator Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Senator Herb Kohl, Wisconsin Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Minnesota Steven Kent, Nationally syndicated columnist
   
WHEN: Tuesday, November 23, 200   10:00 a.m. EST

WHERE: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562 Washington, DC

WHAT: For the ninth year, the National Institute on Media and the Family will release its MediaWise Video Game Report Card in Washington, DC in coordination with Senators Joe Lieberman and Herb Kohl, and Congresswoman Betty McCollum. Dr. David Walsh will present the years findings. Syndicated columnist Steven Kent will also speak on the report card's significance.