FCC decides it can start censoring violence on TV as well
04-27-07 | 12:12 PM
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Good for the government! Finally they're doing something positive and helping the American family. As a parent of a teenager and two pre-teens, I am glad that the government is going to take on this burden and free me from having to monitor my children's television viewing habits. No longer will I have to know what my kids are watching, or actually talk to them about issues raised in shows they watch. Hooray for the FCC!
04-27-07 | 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet
Why is it the government's job to ensure that children are "protected" from violence?
I also find the discussion of a la carte cable programming to be disingenuous when I think it was Martin himself who threatened in the past couple of years to go after pay TV and radio.
04-27-07 | 04:12 PM
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The violence on t.v. began in the 1970's on CBS, NBC & ABC.
In the 70's there were all these police shows and the most violent was POLICE STORY on NBC which was like a Clint Eastwood movie.
At the start of the 80's violence kinda dropped off and sex took over.
In the 70's there were all these police shows and the most violent was POLICE STORY on NBC which was like a Clint Eastwood movie.
At the start of the 80's violence kinda dropped off and sex took over.
05-03-07 | 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by wm lopez
At the start of the 80's violence kinda dropped off and sex took over.
How about the government concern itself more with their "abstinence" policy when addressing safe sex? Jeez....
05-03-07 | 08:49 AM
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The pro-censorship community will be the ones to suffer, when the stranglehold on broadcast TV causes them to deteriorate in quality, and eventually fold. Then there will only be cable with uncensored programming.
The production companies will find an avenue, whether it be direct to DVD or cable.
The production companies will find an avenue, whether it be direct to DVD or cable.
05-03-07 | 09:02 AM
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Can you say "V-chip" and other parental lock devices? Good parents already have more than enough tools to edit what their children watch. Bad parents don't care ... . The FCC is playing politics and keeping their real clients -- media conglomerates -- out of the spotlight. Personally I'm more concerned about Rupert Murdoch or Clear Channel et al owning (controlling) more and more I what I watch. That's the real danger.
05-03-07 | 10:01 AM
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I don't think this will go anywhere - there are "V" chips in the newer TV's and in the cable boxes - The television industry is spending some $ and running commercials on how to use the V-Chip (I always see these on Fox) and the FCC has a phone number to call and they will tell parents how to use the V chip.
I remember when Congress, the FCC and Broadcasters were saying that the V-chip and the ratings system will the the solution..so I can't see themselves going back on that in just a couple of years.
Congress will just throw more $ at an "Educational Campaign - What the FCC wants is a bigger budget and this is the way to get it!
I remember when Congress, the FCC and Broadcasters were saying that the V-chip and the ratings system will the the solution..so I can't see themselves going back on that in just a couple of years.
Congress will just throw more $ at an "Educational Campaign - What the FCC wants is a bigger budget and this is the way to get it!
05-03-07 | 03:58 PM
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I for one support anything the government can do to reduce the amount of time I have to spend monitoring my children. I just told my wife I wanted kids so that she would have sex with me. Who thought that one night of passion would lead to such a burden on my life? 
05-03-07 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by namodnaB
Good for the government! Finally they're doing something positive and helping the American family. As a parent of a teenager and two pre-teens, I am glad that the government is going to take on this burden and free me from having to monitor my children's television viewing habits. No longer will I have to know what my kids are watching, or actually talk to them about issues raised in shows they watch. Hooray for the FCC!
You're a grown adult, you have better things to do with your time then raising your kids. Let the FCC show them the way!
07-16-07 | 03:00 PM
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More idiocy from bored to hell senators than don't have anything better to do with their time and power:
http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-07-16/
I know that this legislation is not going to pass since it goes against the first amendement and other similar rights, but what annoys the hell out of me is the fact that there is people in government that still waste people's money and time in rules like the one presented above. What's next? Regulate what we read? What we eat?
New Law Would Bar Violence on Broadcast, Cable, Satellite
West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller plans to introduce legislation before the August Congressional recess that will give the FCC power to regulate TV violence, Broadcasting & Cable reported today (Monday). The new law would apply to both broadcast as well as cable and satellite programming, the trade publication said -- marking the first time that the FCC would be given power to regulate content on cable and satellite. An aide to the senator said that his staff had been carefully formulating a bill that would pass constitutional scrutiny by the courts.
West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller plans to introduce legislation before the August Congressional recess that will give the FCC power to regulate TV violence, Broadcasting & Cable reported today (Monday). The new law would apply to both broadcast as well as cable and satellite programming, the trade publication said -- marking the first time that the FCC would be given power to regulate content on cable and satellite. An aide to the senator said that his staff had been carefully formulating a bill that would pass constitutional scrutiny by the courts.
I know that this legislation is not going to pass since it goes against the first amendement and other similar rights, but what annoys the hell out of me is the fact that there is people in government that still waste people's money and time in rules like the one presented above. What's next? Regulate what we read? What we eat?
07-16-07 | 03:25 PM
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Let's get Michael Moriarty on the case!
Jokes aside I think this is a bunch of fucking bullshit from a bunch of people who don't even watch these shows in the first place. It makes me mad how they wan't to censor television because some children might be watching...
Guess what guys, most of the children find our "Grown-Up" shows boring or don't understand it & turn to something else. So let us have our entertainment for fuck's-sake.
Don't worry that will come soon... "No soup for you!"
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From 1990 to 1994, Moriarty starred as Ben Stone on Law & Order. He left the show in 1994, alleging that his departure was a result of his threatening a lawsuit against then-Attorney General Janet Reno, who had cited Law & Order as offensively violent. Moriarty criticized Reno's comment, and claimed that not only did she want to censor shows like Law and Order but also such fare as Murder, She Wrote. He later accused Law & Order executive producer Dick Wolf of not taking his concerns seriously, and claimed that Wolf and other network executives were "caving in" to Reno's "demands" on the issue of TV violence. Moriarty published a full page advertisement in a Hollywood trade magazine, calling upon fellow artists to stand up with him against attempts to censor TV show content. He subsequently wrote and published The Gift of Stern Angels, his account of this time in his life.
From 1990 to 1994, Moriarty starred as Ben Stone on Law & Order. He left the show in 1994, alleging that his departure was a result of his threatening a lawsuit against then-Attorney General Janet Reno, who had cited Law & Order as offensively violent. Moriarty criticized Reno's comment, and claimed that not only did she want to censor shows like Law and Order but also such fare as Murder, She Wrote. He later accused Law & Order executive producer Dick Wolf of not taking his concerns seriously, and claimed that Wolf and other network executives were "caving in" to Reno's "demands" on the issue of TV violence. Moriarty published a full page advertisement in a Hollywood trade magazine, calling upon fellow artists to stand up with him against attempts to censor TV show content. He subsequently wrote and published The Gift of Stern Angels, his account of this time in his life.
Guess what guys, most of the children find our "Grown-Up" shows boring or don't understand it & turn to something else. So let us have our entertainment for fuck's-sake.
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What's next? Regulate what we read? What we eat?
What's next? Regulate what we read? What we eat?
07-16-07 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by dx23
More idiocy from bored to hell senators than don't have anything better to do with their time and power:
http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-07-16/
I know that this legislation is not going to pass since it goes against the first amendement and other similar rights, but what annoys the hell out of me is the fact that there is people in government that still waste people's money and time in rules like the one presented above. What's next? Regulate what we read? What we eat?
http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-07-16/
I know that this legislation is not going to pass since it goes against the first amendement and other similar rights, but what annoys the hell out of me is the fact that there is people in government that still waste people's money and time in rules like the one presented above. What's next? Regulate what we read? What we eat?
What makes you think that most of Congress cares whether a proposed law is constitutional or not when they vote?
07-16-07 | 05:50 PM
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All the other garbage aside, this would be great:
Among those tools, Congress could require cable companies to sell their programming on a per-channel or family tier basis, rather than only in pre-bundled packages.
07-16-07 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Dog
That's what I think would happen.
