CONGRESS RAISES VOLUME IN TV RATING DEBATE.Byline: Knight-Ridder Tribune News Wire The war over how to protect children from televised sex and violence raged in the nation's capital Wednesday. One congressman was incensed over the broadcast of ``Schindler's List'' on Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. , another congressman suggested that Oprah Winfrey “Oprah” redirects here. For the show, see The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated talk show in television history. might help supply the answers, and still others proposed scrapping a new network rating system. It's been a year since a federal law was passed requiring TV manufacturers to develop a gadget called the V-chip that would permit parents to block access to various types of television, excluding news and sports. But Congress is still far from agreeing on a program-rating system, which is needed to make the V-chip work. A rating system established voluntarily by the nation's largest networks earlier this year is taking serious heat. Rep. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, had issued a statement calling the telecasting of ``Schindler's List'' by NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. ``an all-time low'' because of ``full frontal nudity The term "full frontal nudity" may refer to:
The use of certain profane or obscene language on the radio or television is a federal offense, but in other situations, profanity .'' Fellow lawmakers reacted angrily to Coburn's denunciation DENUNCIATION, crim. law. This term is used by the civilians to signify the act by which au individual informs a public officer, whose duty it is to prosecute offenders, that a crime has been committed. It differs from a complaint. (q.v.) Vide 1 Bro. C. L. 447; 2 Id. 389; Ayl. Parer. of the acclaimed Holocaust movie, and he apologized Wednesday. Other lawmakers called the network rating system fatally flawed because ratings are based on viewers' age, rather than program content. ``The television rating system before us substitutes the judgment of the networks for judgment of the parents,'' said Sen. Kent Conrad Gaylord Kent Conrad (generally known as Kent Conrad) (born on March 12 1948) is a United States senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. , D-N.D. ``It suggests that network executives know what is appropriate for every child in every home. The intent of the rating system was to empower parents to make decisions about what is good and what is not good for their children. The age-based rating system is simply not enough.'' Conrad, flanked by experts from medical and children's advocacy groups, proposed dumping the six-weeks-old network system that gives parents program ratings using a letter code displayed in the corner of the screen as the show begins. Bills that would require the television industry to base their ratings on content were introduced Wednesday in both houses of Congress. The Oprah proposal came from Rep. Billy Tauzin Wilbert Joseph Tauzin, II, usually known as Billy Tauzin, (born June 14 1943), American politician of Cajun descent, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1980 to 2005, representing Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. , R-La., chairman of the House telecommunications subcommittee. He announced committee plans to take the issue to Peoria, Ill., and produce a show that would permit 300 families from America's Heartland to tell Congress and the nation what they think about TV sex and violence. ``We want them to rate the shows and rate the rating system,'' Tauzin said. ``We'll invite Oprah or Rosie (O'Donnell) to interview them and (help) the American public focus on the ratings.'' |
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