International Herald Tribune: "Television networks in the U.S. are free to sprinkle their programs with shootings, slashings, torture and other gore because the government has no regulatory authority over violent programming.
But a draft report being circulated at the Federal Communications Commission says Congress can change that, without violating the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech."
I was talking to my friend about this very issue. He brought up an interesting point. It seems moreso that commercials need to be censored than television shows themselves. TV can be regulated by the parents. Commercials, however, cannot be controlled.
ReplyDeleteI always get annoyed when people talk about things like TV being too violent and how its causing our children to be more violent, because, in most cases, TV shows and things like it can easily be regulated by parents, all it takes is spending some time with them and knowing what your kid is watching.
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