For 'Indecency' Watchdogs, Work Is a Day Full of TV. Lynn Smith.
by Smith, Lynn; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 9Human Relations. Publisher: Los Angeles Times, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Conservatism | Mass media | Obscenity (Law) | Parents Television Council (Organization) | Television broadcasting -- Content ratings | United States Federal Communications CommissionDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Caroline Eichenberg toils away in her homey cubicle, watching television. Monday thru Friday, 7-1/2 hours a day, she keeps tabs on dramas, sitcoms and reality shows. It would be a slacker's dream job in any other workplace. Here at the Parents Television Council, though, its called intelligence gathering. In the battle for America's airwaves, Eichenberg and her fellow analysts deliver the data to wage an increasingly effective, and controversial, assault on prime-time 'indecency.'" (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article profiles the Parents Television Council and notes how its work to promote decency standards for television has some worried it's pushing an overly conservative agenda.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: For 'Indecency' Watchdogs, Work Is a Day Full of TV, May 10, 2004; pp. A1+.
"Caroline Eichenberg toils away in her homey cubicle, watching television. Monday thru Friday, 7-1/2 hours a day, she keeps tabs on dramas, sitcoms and reality shows. It would be a slacker's dream job in any other workplace. Here at the Parents Television Council, though, its called intelligence gathering. In the battle for America's airwaves, Eichenberg and her fellow analysts deliver the data to wage an increasingly effective, and controversial, assault on prime-time 'indecency.'" (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article profiles the Parents Television Council and notes how its work to promote decency standards for television has some worried it's pushing an overly conservative agenda.
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