Selling Violence to Kids.Should new laws New Laws: see Las Casas, Bartolomé de. restrict the marketing of entertainment? YES If you entrust me with the presidency, I'm going to stand ... for decency and responsibility in our popular culture. Today, the Federal Trade Commission is releasing a troubling new report, which spells out in black and white how hard it can be for parents to raise their children today. Despite years of bipartisan efforts with the entertainment industry to develop tougher labeling and standards, a majority of movies, music, and video games See video game console. rated as clearly inappropriate for kids are being aggressively marketed to kids. That's outrageous and wrong. It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a for the entertainment industry to follow its own rules, and stop peddling violence and indecency INDECENCY. An act against good behaviour and a just delicacy. 2 Serg. & R. 91. 2. The law, in general, will repress indecency as being contrary to good morals, but, when the public good requires it, the mere indecency of disclosures does not suffice to exclude to our kids.... Today, Joe Lieberman Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is an American politician from Connecticut. Lieberman was first elected to the United States Senate in 1988, and was elected to his fourth term on November 7, 2006. In the 2000 U.S. and I are calling for an immediate cease-fire on the marketing of adult material to children. Industry should adopt the FTC's recommendations [for tougher self-enforcement] right now. Second, we're giving the industry a six-month deadline to adopt voluntary standards with real enforcement mechanisms to stop marketing adult material to kids. Third, if the industry fails to act on its own--if it keeps breaking its own rules and misleading parents--we're going to support tougher measures to hold the industry accountable. If necessary, we'll support the strengthening of current laws to cover false and deceptive advertising that targets kids--consistent with the First Amendment. --VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE Noun 1. Al Gore - Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948) Albert Gore Jr., Gore September 11, 2000 NO In threatening to aim punitive legislation at the entertainment industry, Vice President Al Gore has crossed a line that no Democratic presidential candidate should ever cross. His party has a tradition of protecting free expression. Gore and his running mate running mate n. 1. The candidate or nominee for the lesser of two closely associated political offices. 2. A companion. 3. A horse used to set the pace in a race for another horse. , Senator Joseph Lieberman, betray that tradition by advocating what would amount to government censorship. The FTC FTC See Federal Trade Commission (FTC). recommended tightening enforcement of ratings curbs, a step that the industry should consider as a matter of civic responsibility and political prudence. But FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky also warned against setting up a federal "thought police." Gore tried to skirt that problem by saying he would back legislation to give the FTC broader power to punish the entertainment industry for "deceptive advertising," but that he would do so in a way "consistent with the First Amendment." That is a misleading argument that seems to reinforce the charge by the Republican nominee, Gov. George W. Bush of Texas, that Gore will say anything to get elected. A presidential candidate can properly promise to try to persuade Hollywood to be responsible about this serious problem. But to seek the votes of cultural conservatives by advocating new legal restrictions on commercial speech is a dangerous assault on civil liberties and the Constitution. --EDITORIAL The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times September 12, 2000 |
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