Posted on 11/09/2005 5:36:21 PM PST by Pikamax
Sen. Obama Warns TV to Clean Up or Congress Will Act By Doug Halonen
If the industry doesn't take significant steps to make it easier for parents to control what their children view on television, Congress will step in and legislate. That was a warning shot fired by Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in a speech Wednesday in Washington.
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"The amount of questionable content spilling across our screens is growing by the year," Sen. Obama said at a press conference to release a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation that says the number of sex scenes on TV has been increasing dramatically over the past several years.
"Once again, we find ourselves asking those in charge to serve the needs of a nation that has a higher calling than simply peddling indecency and materialism for profit," the senator said.
The study, which examined a representative example of broadcast and cable TV network shows, said that 70 percent of programs included some sexual content this year (with an average of five sex scenes per hour), while only 56 percent did so in 1998 (with 3.2 sex scenes per hour). Among shows that had sexual content, the study said, 14 percent this year included a reference to sexual risks or responsibilities, up from 9 percent in 1998.
But Sen. Obama said he is particularly concerned about the impact television is having on the ability of parents to instill positive values in their children. "Raising your children this way has become exceedingly difficult in a mass media culture that saturates our airwaves with a steady stream of sex, violence and materialism," he said.
He's just another pol from Chicago, a bribe in the left hand and a lie coming out the right side of his mouth.
Do not be fooled by these guys.
Obama is getting more face time on the tube than Chucky Schumer. Obama hasn't found a cause yet that he doesn't milk for all it's worth. Another Illinois politician exported to D.C. to continue his good works.
Isnt this the guy who called Corzine his "Homedawg"??
Too bad our panty-waist Republican pols don't have the guts to confront the Hollyweirdo's. The modern sitcoms are all trash anyway. Listen to talk radio while Freeping at the same time is food for the brain...and maybe soul too.
As well as socialist indoctrination, something Obama left out. And whats wrong with materialism, anyway? Last I noticed, the country was doing just fine with a technologically oriented consumer economy, as well as most of the world in general
Obama, bama, oh bama, banana fanna oh foma, me my mo mama, Obama
"The real motive is the Dems trying to set themselves up as the family values party with Obama as the mouthpiece."
Nail on the head! This along with the Dems cooing up to those concerned about the borders and even pro-lifers.
Obama's "Murphy Brown" moment?
Will Hollywood dis him like they did Lieberman?
Osama Obama is on the march, talking like a moderate and acting like a liberal.
Moreover it is not enough to say I controlled what my children watched-what, are they forty now? thirty? Different story. We live in a public square and we have a right to insist that open sewers not exist. They cleaned up Times Square- a very public square and improved the quality of life. Obama is just calling for the same kind of policing: too bad a Pubbie didn't do it. It's a cesspool out there. I got rid of tv and am waiting to be able to program my own content; evidently the two Big Networks see that that will be the future (NBC;CBS) Meanwhile, we citizens fund the airwaves and we can expect that they not be so slimy. V's wife.
Poor comment on my part. I did not mean to suggest Lieberman made the Murphy Brown comment, I know that was Quayle. But Lieberman has been hammering Hollywood for years. And Hollywood does not like Lieberman.
"But Sen. Obama said he is particularly concerned about the impact television is having on the ability of parents to instill positive values in their children."
Well, maybe Liberal parents have a problem with monitoring their children's TV consumption, but Conservatives never seem to have that problem.
Dang! If those Liberal TVs only came with an "Off" button or some way to unplug them or even remove them from the home...
Rats looking for some attention from families having trouble with what the family is watching.
So, you want the government to decide what you should watch. How about the governemnt deciding what you should wear, or what you should read or what you can purchase? Let's not let the parents decide, they're too stupid.
Oh, and let's remove the off button from all tv's.
"Hey Red States look at me!! Not bad, huh?"
If a Republican said this CBS,NBC and ABC would open their nightly newscast with the following:
"Extremist Republican Representative (or Senator)today called for and end to the freedom of speech and is push for government censorship. Story after this update on Paris Hilton's missing dog"
"Only Sister Souljah could go to China."
Or something like that...
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