pornography"? Apparently, the Parents Television Council is at it again. This time, they are going after the new MTV show "Skins" which is an adaptation of a British television program. Skins is being marketed as a "realistic" show about the issues that "teens" face today.
While this is certainly not a show that I would ever consider watching (I never watch MTV) and I think it is probably distasteful, surely this argument that it violates child porn laws has to be laughable.
The Parents Television Council is infamous for being behind the vast majority of complaints to the Federal Censorship Commission (FCC) about the content of television programs.
About 10 years ago, they were sued for defamation by the business owned by Republican politician Linda McMahon. The PTC lost that lawsuit and was forced to pay a $3.5 million settlement and apologize. I would think that the PTC would have learned their lesson and wouldn't be going around defaming anybody (their comments regarding this MTV program clearly, in my opinion, constitute defamation).
Personally, I sympathize with the Tea Party movement and I am a strong supporter of a free market economic system. Yet, I don't see how organizations like the Parents Television Council can be considered to be on the "same side" that I am on. For one thing, I would like to see the FCC abolished and property rights in the broadcast spectrum recognized. Actually, I regard the very existence of the FCC as an unconstitutional violation of both freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
Is it any wonder that we don't have limited government in this country when alleged "conservative" groups like the PTC believe in using the power of big government to censor speech that they don't like?
While this is certainly not a show that I would ever consider watching (I never watch MTV) and I think it is probably distasteful, surely this argument that it violates child porn laws has to be laughable.
The Parents Television Council is infamous for being behind the vast majority of complaints to the Federal Censorship Commission (FCC) about the content of television programs.
About 10 years ago, they were sued for defamation by the business owned by Republican politician Linda McMahon. The PTC lost that lawsuit and was forced to pay a $3.5 million settlement and apologize. I would think that the PTC would have learned their lesson and wouldn't be going around defaming anybody (their comments regarding this MTV program clearly, in my opinion, constitute defamation).
Personally, I sympathize with the Tea Party movement and I am a strong supporter of a free market economic system. Yet, I don't see how organizations like the Parents Television Council can be considered to be on the "same side" that I am on. For one thing, I would like to see the FCC abolished and property rights in the broadcast spectrum recognized. Actually, I regard the very existence of the FCC as an unconstitutional violation of both freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
Is it any wonder that we don't have limited government in this country when alleged "conservative" groups like the PTC believe in using the power of big government to censor speech that they don't like?