V-Chip’s Opposite Effect?
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Movies got much more violent and sexy after the rating system was instituted, and the same thing is going to happen to television: After V-chips are installed in television sets across America, TV producers will no longer feel a need to limit the amount of sex and violence in their programs. Thus, the current crusade to limit the content of TV programs through a program rating system will have effects directly opposite to what its proponents are hoping for.
RICHARD SHOWSTACK
Newport Beach
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