Passing The Buck

From KCBS and All Access...

Nearly two-thirds of parents in a new survey want the government to place tighter controls on sex and violence on television, researchers said Thursday.

Federal law bars radio and non-cable television stations from airing references to sexual and excretory functions between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.

But that anti-indecency standard is only enforced when a complaint is filed with federal regulators, triggering a review and possible fines by the Federal Communications Commission. And the law doesn't address violence.

Sixty-three percent of parents surveyed by the Kaiser Family Foundation said they favor new regulations to limit the amount of sex and violence in TV shows during the early evening hours when children are more likely to be watching.

The survey also found that more than half of all parents, 52 percent, said they would like to see federal regulators apply content standards to cable stations. Forty-three percent opposed the idea.

Ummm, isn't that the parents job? When I'm around kids, I don't watch "The Sopranos" or "Sex in the City". Parents can't do the same thing? You had 'em, how 'bout being responsible for 'em.

Comments

[Angel]

How about an even more disturbing story about bad parenting. Typical.

From Fox News.

Mike Straka

The words were spoken by the mother of a 5-year-old boy who tragically choked to death on a piece of a rubber glove.

She told reporters that her child was blowing up a latex rubber glove like a balloon — and said she yelled at him to stop. Apparently, when the boy didn't listen, the woman made no effort to actually get up and take the glove from him, because a few moments later a piece of the glove lodged in the boy's throat, and he died.

Beside the obvious, tragic Grrr!, the woman went on to say that her child died "because the paramedics took too long to get there." Huh?

Apparently, the ambulance took 20 minutes to arrive on the scene. My question: How long did it take for the mother to get up off her butt and take the dangerous "toy" away from her toddler? This was a tragedy that could have been avoided. Wake up parents and start parenting. Grrr!