Forthcoming TV Violence Report May Spur Action On Capitol Hill

FORTHCOMING TV VIOLENCE REPORT MAY SPUR ACTION ON CAPITOL HILL
[SOURCE: Technology Daily 1/26, AUTHOR: David Hatch]
The FCC is finalizing a report on television violence that could fuel efforts by Sen. John (Jay) Rockefeller (D-WV) and other lawmakers to restrict excessively graphic prime-time programming. But the draft, now being circulated among the five regulators at the GOP-controlled commission, does not go as far as Commissioners Michael Copps and Deborah Tate would like. The report, requested by 39 House members in 2004, is expected soon. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is spearheading the effort and already has made changes in response to Commissioners Copps and Tate. In particular, he removed a recommendation that the Department of Health and Human Services study the link between TV violence and children's behavior after they complained that fresh research should not be the focus.
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