New offensive in indecency fight
The networks are mad as hell, and they aren't going to take the indecency fight lying down anymore. A coalition backed by three of the Big Four broadcast networks launched a PR counterattack Wednesday in the battle over television content and the push on Capitol Hill to strengthen indecency laws. The TV Watch coalition, which intends to oppose government control of television programming and promote the use of parental controls, officially kicked into action Wednesday with the release of a study that claims Americans don't want the government to mess with their TV shows. By an 8-1 ratio, respondents to the survey said that "more parental involvement" is a better solution to keeping kids from seeing adult content than "increase(d) government control."
The 1,000-person nationwide poll was conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates and the Luntz Research Cos. in early March. . . . The group, which includes among its members NBC Universal, News Corp., Viacom and the Creative Coalition, said it wants to act as a counterweight to such groups as the Parents Television Council and the American Family Assn., which have filed most of the indecency complaints with the FCC.
Source: Brooks Boliek, Hollywood Reporter
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