How Medium Changes the Message (1) - Kids & TV

A recent report on the effects of TV on children. Note how the medium changes the message.

This is how a "tv" web site reports the findings:
ABC7Chicago
Consider: Watered down? Why? Is it really in their interest for your kids to stop watching TV?

This is how it was reported by Reuters news service (who provides news stories to various news outlets like Yahoo, newspapers, and on-line news providers like Environmental News Service) read here

This is how it was reported in the USA TODAY blog
(notice the informality)

This is how the scientific journal Pediatrics from the American Academy of Pediatrics reports it: abstract of article

Here is a previous article in Pediatrics on similar topic:
Children Adolescents and Television