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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally posted by ngdawg
While these mainstream media-national broadcast networks, radio conglomerates, etc-may be trying to take greater responsibility in their decisions on what to air, there will always be those that 'push the envelope' a little more. It is embarrassing to be sitting in front of the tv with my child and seeing a music video come on with bouncing women just this side of nude, as the 'musicians' leer and react in less than gentlemanly fashion to them. One song in particular, a rather good tune in many respects, has the verse, 'I want to make you come all night'. as the singer is hovering over his naked lover. I was rendered speechless, watching it with my daughter!! Will these 'media organs' render those videos obsolete? Will anyone who wants any kind of music video have to pay a premium to view them?
As an adult, I have to right and the knowledge to choose what I want to see. But children are not equipped to make rational decisions, yet are bombarded daily with conflicting ideals as to decency and responsibility. And, as mom and dad are saying, 'that's not good'. too many portions of media are saying, 'there's no harm in it'.
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The rules for Cable are totally different than that of broadcast or Over the Air. This does not mean or imply because you get your local channels CBS/NBC/ABC via cable that they get to adhere to cable standards.
The Basic cable tier has your broadcast channels where MTV/Comedy Central are located in the standard tier. My parents didn't want us watching cable, so there was no cable in the house. I had to go to my friends in order to watch any HBO, MTV, etc.
Hopefully the same model will pan out for radio with XM and Sirius, which already has some adult content via Playboy.
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