“Many industries need regulation. How about nudity in newspapers? Can students use any language they wish in school? Sometimes we need rules.”
Less regulation is always better.
In this case, large corporations like Coca-Cola, GM, Apple. P&G, McDonald’s, Yum! Brands and BoA are not going to buy network ad time of the networks are broadcasting porn. If they do not buy the ad time. the programming will not take place.
And yes, students can use what ever language they like in school. For example, in Los Angeles, there are almost 100 languages spoken in the public schools.
PTC Responds to FCC’s Proposal to Limit Broadcast Decency Enforcement
Release Date: 4/1/2013
LOS ANGELES (April 1, 2013) - The Parents Television Council (PTC) responded to the news today that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will open up a public comment period about whether to change the FCC’s rule on indecent programming and only pursue “egregious” indecency complaints from the public.
PTC President Tim Winter said, “The FCC’s announcement today is deeply vexing for at least three reasons: It unnecessarily weakens a decency law that withstood a ferocious, ten-year constitutional attack waged by the broadcast industry. It invites yet another wave of special interest pressure to obviate the intent of Congress and the will of the American people. And it connotes a change in indecency enforcement policy at the FCC that nobody knew about, with the ‘egregious’ standard apparently having been adopted unilaterally by the Enforcement Bureau or perhaps by the Chairman himself.
“On behalf of millions of families, the PTC firmly believes that the FCC should not limit indecency enforcement only to ‘egregious’ vs. isolated instances. The FCC is supposed to represent the interests of the American public, not the interests of the entertainment industry.
“Either material is legally indecent or it is not. It is unnecessary for indecent content to be repeated many times in order to be actionable, and it is unwise for the FCC to pursue a new course which will guarantee nothing but a new rash of new litigation.
“An ‘egregious’ standard will most certainly be challenged by the broadcast networks who continue to demand the elimination of any decency standard whatsoever. The Supreme Court stated that the networks were on notice as to the Commission’s enforcement policy going forward, so why would the FCC alter it now?
http://w2.parentstv.org/Main/News/Detail.aspx?docID=2771
I am always disappointed that Christians feel we have no say in society and that the Hollywood liberals can continue to degrade our culture and we just have to accept it. I am thankful for groups like Parents Television Council who at least attempt to stand up for what is right.