Rockefeller Pledges To Reintroduce Violence Bill

ROCKEFELLER PLEDGES TO REINTRODUCE VIOLENCE BILL
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Responding to comments FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell made last week to the National Association of Broadcasters in which he suggested technology and marketplace forces were a better governor on violent content than a government attempt to come up with a definition of inappropriate and violent content, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) Monday reiterated his pledge to give the FCC the authority to regulate violent content on television and expand its authority over the content on cable and satellite. Saying TV violence had reached "dangerous" proportions and that Commissioner McDowell's approach was shortsighted, Sen Rockefeller said self-regulation by the industry hadn't worked. “The broadcasters have already tried and failed in their attempts at self-regulation. The bottom line is, if they can't or won't do it, then the federal government must step up to the plate.”
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* Rockefeller Wants FCC to Regulate TV Violence
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* McDowell Says He Does Not Oppose Violence Regs
In response to Sen Rockefeller's statement above, FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell said Monday that he was not opposed to a legislative effort to give the FCC authority to regulate violence, but that if Congress did chose to do so, it should be cautious and constitutional.
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