Senate Prepares To Weigh In On Violence

SENATE PREPARES TO WEIGH IN ON VIOLENCE
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled a hearing on media violence for May 17. With the backing of Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), committee member and media violence critic Sen Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) plans to introduce a bill that would give the FCC the ability to regulate TV violence as it does indecency, which it channels to a time when children are least likely to be in the audience (10 p.m.-6 a.m.).
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6439903.html

* Senate Commerce Committee press release
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Det...

-- Links to some recent commentary on the issue --
* Studies prove TV's effect on child development
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070507/OPINION01/...

* Threat of regulation may compel changes
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070507/OPINION01/...

* Government cannot be the parent
http://www.rctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070507/OPINION01/705...

* FCC proposal to regulate TV violence is a real turn-off
http://159.54.226.83/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070507/COLUMN0703/7050...

* Give TV viewers information, not regulation
http://www.heraldextra.com//content/view/221016/

* Paws off the cable box, FCC
http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070506/OPINION01/...

* Curb TV violence? Think it through
http://news.kypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070507/LIFE/70507034...