PTC Uses Kids as Human Shields

Josef Adalian in Television Week does a wonderful job of calling out the Parents Television Council. Couldn't be timelier, with the Supreme Court about to hear the crucial Fox v. FCC case, a case ginned up by the PTC banging on its email lists to flood the FCC with comments, most from people who never saw the show they were complaining about.

Unfortunately, the PTC’s actions and words too often have indicated that its real mission includes pushing for government-sanctioned censorship of the media and the elimination of any and all programming that conflicts with its far-right social and political philosophies. ... The PTC doesn’t want to make TV safe for kids. It wants to make it safe only for those shows that fit into its narrowly constructed worldview of what constitutes acceptable TV. And when it identifies programming that doesn’t mesh with its agenda, the PTC goes into overdrive whipping up its base to take action. “All they’re about is fund raising and court cases,” said one network executive who, like everyone interviewed for this column, spoke only on the condition of anonymity. “They would rather curse the darkness than light a candle.” Adalian Column: PTC Uses Kids as Human Shields - TVWeek - News.