Simple Cure for Indecency Fracas

[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: Editorial Staff]
[Commentary] We opposed the V-chip and the program-content ratings when they came into being, largely because both were forced on the television industry. But the fact is, rather than constricting TV fare, the ratings and the V-chip could liberate it. Telling parents a program is going to be violent or sexy or both and giving them a way to stop their kids from watching puts the ultimate responsibility on the people who should be in charge: Mr. & Mrs. John Q. Public. Television is a selling machine. If the industry explains these television aids to the public, that would go a long way toward solving the indecency problem it has in Washington.
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