You can thank the Parents Television Council
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You can thank the Parents Television Council
because they dominate 99.8% of FCC complaints...
http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/h..._id=1000731656
http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/h..._id=1000731656
The number of indecency complaints had soared dramatically to more than 240,000 in the previous year, Powell said. The figure was up from roughly 14,000 in 2002, and from fewer than 350 in each of the two previous years. There was, Powell said, “a dramatic rise in public concern and outrage about what is being broadcast into their homes.”
What Powell did not reveal—apparently because he was unaware—was the source of the complaints. According to a new FCC estimate obtained by Mediaweek, nearly all indecency complaints in 2003—99.8 percent—were filed by the Parents Television Council, an activist group.
This year, the trend has continued, and perhaps intensified.
Through early October, 99.9 percent of indecency complaints—aside from those concerning the Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” during the Super Bowl halftime show broadcast on CBS— were brought by the PTC, according to the FCC analysis dated Oct. 1. (The agency last week estimated it had received 1,068,767 complaints about broadcast indecency so far this year; the Super Bowl broadcast accounted for over 540,000, according to commissioners’ statements.)
What Powell did not reveal—apparently because he was unaware—was the source of the complaints. According to a new FCC estimate obtained by Mediaweek, nearly all indecency complaints in 2003—99.8 percent—were filed by the Parents Television Council, an activist group.
This year, the trend has continued, and perhaps intensified.
Through early October, 99.9 percent of indecency complaints—aside from those concerning the Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” during the Super Bowl halftime show broadcast on CBS— were brought by the PTC, according to the FCC analysis dated Oct. 1. (The agency last week estimated it had received 1,068,767 complaints about broadcast indecency so far this year; the Super Bowl broadcast accounted for over 540,000, according to commissioners’ statements.)
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The PTC sucks a fat one. If they're such good parents, why don't they just monitor what their kids are watching and disallow questionable material? The fact that they try to get ALL television to be in line with what they want their kids to see only reveals that they use the TV as a babysitter too often.
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tell them to have their kids read a book
although i do think a lot more "questionable material" has been shown on tv this year compared to previous years
although i do think a lot more "questionable material" has been shown on tv this year compared to previous years
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I wish we had t.v. censoriship laws like in europe & latin america, with cussing, nudity, the works.
groups like the PTC and Tipper Gore should be burned at the stake
groups like the PTC and Tipper Gore should be burned at the stake
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Originally Posted by MVWRX
The PTC sucks a fat one. If they're such good parents, why don't they just monitor what their kids are watching and disallow questionable material? The fact that they try to get ALL television to be in line with what they want their kids to see only reveals that they use the TV as a babysitter too often.
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The PTC pisses me off (this in particular) but the AFA is so much worse. At least the PTC approved of the airing of Schinlers list and Saving Private Ryan, but no the AFA didn't.
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Did you see that of the 1.1 mil of complaints they got that about 540,000 were about the super bowl?
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