PTC Gives Nets an 'F' in Ratings Programs

PTC GIVES NETS AN 'F' IN RATING PROGRAMS
[SOURCE: tvnewsday]
A new Parents Television Council study released Monday at the National Association of Broadcasters convention claims that the television ratings system is still not accurate, and thus grossly unreliable, due to the fact that content descriptors are being arbitrarily and inconsistently applied by the broadcast networks during primetime viewing hours. The study said that two-thirds of the shows reviewed containing potentially offensive content lacked one or more of the appropriate content descriptors, which, PTC says, “render the ratings system and V-chip virtually useless.” “The TV Networks are perpetrating a fraud on the American public, on the Congress, on the courts and even their on own advertisers when they say that the TV ratings and V-chip are sufficient to protect children and families from inappropriate content,” said PTC President Tim Winter.
http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2007/04/17/daily.5/