Television Nazis strike again
The Parents Television Council - aka the Television Nazis - have struck again with their manufactured letter-writing campaigns to the FCC. And their baby-faced, Republican facilitator at the FCC, Chairman Kevin Martin, apparently agrees with the PTC's claims, based on the FCC's decision to fine numerous CBS affiliates a combined total of $3.6 million for a 2004 episode of Without A Trace.
"The number of complaints received by the commission has risen year after year," said the FCC's Martin. "I share the concerns of the public — and of parents, in particular — that are voiced in these complaints."
According to Martin, indecency complaints are way up. Gee, I wonder why?
Because the PTC consistently has sponsored letter-writing campaigns among its members and supporters, designed to provoke the FCC to take action. Are indecency complaints really more numerous or is the hullabaloo being manufactured by a very small minority of Americans?
Tyranny of the majority? Not in this case.
But it's not just the PTC that's to blame. The FCC's Martin seems to have his own ideas about controlling what appears on our televisions, based on what he said late last year.
"Parents need better and more tools to help them navigate the entertainment waters, particularly on cable and satellite TV," Martin said. "You can always turn the television off and of course block the channels you don't want, but why should you have to?"
So much for the "conservative" belief that government should have a limited role in people's lives. Today's "conservatives" want to tell all of us what to watch and not watch on television. That doesn't seem terribly American to me. Does it seem that way to you?
posted by DrewL @ 9:30 PM
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Parents need better and more tools to help them navigate the entertainment waters,particularly on cable and satellite TV," Martin said. "You can always turn the television off and of course block the channels you don't want, but why should you have to?
Okay, so...what other tools do you use? You have a profanity blocker, you have a v-chip, you have a remote control; a mute button, a power button, a channel button. You have on-screen ratings for every program. You have viewer discretion warnings. You have SkyAngel, you have religious programming, you have PBS Kids, you have books, outside activities, family vacations, after school clubs, church activities. Tell me, what other tools do these people need to help them with this? I don't get it. There are countless numbers of options, and yet they always seem to come back to the Feds and pointing out indecencies all the time. Then these same people turn around and blah, blah, blah, smaller-government-butt out-cakes.
Hypocrites of the highest order.
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