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| | '''Parents Television Council''', also known as PTC, is the most influential consumer advocate that fights against corrupt [[Big Media]]. Their website states "Clean Up TV Now, Because our children are watching, Protecting children against sex, violence and profanity in entertainment." | | '''Parents Television Council''', also known as PTC, is the most influential consumer advocate that fights against corrupt [[Big Media]]. Their website states "Clean Up TV Now, Because our children are watching, Protecting children against sex, violence and profanity in entertainment." |
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| − | PTC has developed the "Family Guide to Prime Time Television". <ref>[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/familyguide/Ratings.asp Family Guide Ratings Legend]</ref> Stated on their website "..Working to Help You and Your Family Make Better Viewing Decisions." It is a day to day guide that is colored by red for adult only, yellow for adult-oriented themes and green safe for the whole family. The PTC has over 95,000 hours of media logged into their custom-designed Entertainment Tracking System (ETS). | + | PTC has developed the "Family Guide to Prime Time Television".<ref>[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/familyguide/Ratings.asp Family Guide Ratings Legend]</ref> Stated on their website "..Working to Help You and Your Family Make Better Viewing Decisions." It is a day to day guide that is colored by red for adult only, yellow for adult-oriented themes and green safe for the whole family. The PTC has over 95,000 hours of media logged into their custom-designed Entertainment Tracking System (ETS). |
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| − | From 1995 to 2007, [[Brent Bozell]] was the president of the PTC. Bozell branched off the PTC from the [[Media Research Center]] after he felt that decency on prime-time TV was decreasing.<ref>James Poniewozik, [http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1039672,00.html The Decency Police]. ''Time'': March 20, 2005.</reF> Tim Winter, a former television network executive who is a registered Democrat, succeeded Bozell in January 2007.<ref>Michael Learmonth, [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117961334.html Parents Television Council sees new era]. ''Variety'': March 17, 2007.</ref> | + | From 1995 to 2007, [[Brent Bozell]] was the president of the PTC. Bozell branched off the PTC from the [[Media Research Center]] after he felt that decency on prime-time TV was decreasing.<ref>James Poniewozik, [http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1039672,00.html The Decency Police]. ''Time'': March 20, 2005.</ref> Tim Winter, a former television network executive who is a registered Democrat, succeeded Bozell in January 2007.<ref>Michael Learmonth, [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117961334.html Parents Television Council sees new era]. ''Variety'': March 17, 2007.</ref> |
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| | === Mission Statement === | | === Mission Statement === |
| − | According to its website, the PTC's primary mission is to "promote and restore responsibility and decency to the entertainment industry in answer to America's demand for positive, family-oriented television programming".<ref>[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/aboutus/main.asp About the PTC]</reF> | + | According to its website, the PTC's primary mission is to "promote and restore responsibility and decency to the entertainment industry in answer to America's demand for positive, family-oriented television programming".<ref>[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/aboutus/main.asp About the PTC]</ref> |
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| − | ==External Links== | + | ==External links== |
| | *[http://www.parentstv.org Parents Television Council Website] | | *[http://www.parentstv.org Parents Television Council Website] |
| | == References == | | == References == |