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.
Government Knows Best.
Is this just another Islamofascist in Congress revealing something about the future of the Bill of Rights in the new Caliphate?
Obama yo Mamma..........The voice of reason has spoken.........The new tone of the Democratic Party
This TV week article is an infomercial for obama.
Is that Fat Tedhead's pal? You know.. "Obama Barama..Obama Barak.. Obama Slamma a Damma"?
The real motive is the Dems trying to set themselves up as the family values party with Obama as the mouthpiece.
Obama yo mamma. The voice of reason has spoken.......The new tone of the democRATic party
When the Rats start criticizing the sewer pipe coming from Hollyweird, you know there must be an election approaching.
"Lucky there's a family guy."
Plenty pf people who call themselves conservative would likely agree with him....
I controlled what my children watched on TV, and I neither asked nor expected the government to handle my job.
Oh good, maybe he'll want to do something about the public
schools continual sexualization of our children.
So.... tv should preach austerity for profit?
-PJ
A Dem threatening censorship? There goes all those Hollywood dollars...
Does anything these klutzes-and I mean all of them-do have the desired effect?I'd venture more of their legislation ends up having the opposite of their supposed desired effect.We are so far away from what congress was intended to be that it is ridiculous.
It is time for GOVERNMENT to clean up its act or the electorate will act.
Oh I forgot, they all ready acted making the dems the minority.
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