Sen Leahy Lays Into FCC Over Indecency Enforcement

"The media should be...bringing vibrant and interesting voices and views into our homes,' not worrying that "an inadvertent slip is going to land them in trouble with regulators," Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) told a Washington media crowd at The Media Institute's awards dinner Tuesday night. Sen Leahy said that while he does not want 'TV screens and radio shows filled with offensive and inappropriate words and images," he also said he had discovered that "there is an on/off switch," and suggested that was an important content control technology. He also put in a plug for the V-chip/ratings system. The senator said he believed "Strongly" that it was the role of parents, not government regulators, "to determine what is appropriate for children to see and hear."