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MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. U.S. LOCAL ALLPOLITICS TIME CQ analysis community WEATHER BUSINESS SPORTS SCI-TECH NATURE ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS TRAVEL FOOD HEALTH STYLE IN-DEPTH custom news Headline News brief daily almanac CNN networks on-air transcripts news quiz CNN WEB SITES: PATHFINDER SITES: MORE SERVICES: video on demand video archive audio on demand news email services free email accounts desktop headlines pointcast pagenet DISCUSSION: message boards chat feedback SITE GUIDES: help contents search FASTER ACCESS: europe japan WEB SERVICES: 50% off all best selling books Clinton to order youth violence study June 1, 1999 Web posted at: 11:00 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT) WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, June 1) -- President Bill Clinton will announce Tuesday that he has ordered a government study on the marketing practices of the entertainment industry as a part of his anti-school violence campaign. The $1 million joint study by the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department is expected to take up to 18 months. A White House background paper says the study will examine industry marketing practices in the same way the government investigated tobacco ad campaigns that it determined were aimed at tempting kids to smoke. The study will attempt to determine whether the entertainment industry is "selling" violent material intended for adults to children and only laxly restricting sales to minors, according to White House officials. The study will review the content of video games, motion pictures and recordings. White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart called it a "real serious study," but it was unclear whether the federal agencies would subpoena internal marketing memos and other industry documents. Clinton is scheduled to make the announcement in the Rose Garden at 11:30 a.m. EDT. The study is part of the Clinton Administration's response to the most recent incidents of school shootings in Littleton, Colorado, and Conyers, Georgia. Clinton has proposed a grassroots campaign to change public attitudes and make violence as socially unacceptable as drunken driving. He has challenged the entertainment industry to monitor itself and eliminate gratuitous violence from movies and videos. The Rose Garden announcement by the president and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton comes three weeks after the Clintons convened a White House meeting of five dozen of the nation's leading educators, officials, entertainers and gun advocates to brainstorm ways to reduce violence among youth amid a rising tide of school shootings. Clinton will also attend a Democratic National Committee leadership lunch on Tuesday. White House officials say he will meet with fund-raisers at that lunch, but the lunch itself is not a fund-raiser. The luncheon is private. The Associated Press contributed to this report. RELATED STORIES Senators propose commission to probe symptoms, solutions to youth violence (5-11-99) White House summit looks for answers to youth violence (5-10-99) Gore announces Internet parents' protection plan (5-5-99) RELATED SITES The White House MORE STORIES: Tuesday, June 1, 1999 • Bush ready to 'test the waters' • Clinton to order youth violence study • Kennedy family insisted that JFK casket be sunk at sea • Buchanan stakes out foreign policy differences with other GOP candidates • Analysis: Casting stones on China spy reports ARCHIVES Search CNN/AllPolitics Enter keyword(s) go help SPECIAL DEAL: In a hurry? EXPRESS ORDER FLOWERS FROM $30.00. © 1999 Cable News Network, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you. Read our privacy guidelines. Who we are.