TV and movie ratings systems need to be...
TV and movie ratings systems need to be comprehensively overhauled, said the Parents Television Council in a news release Wednesday (http://bit.ly/1aIfprx). “Networks routinely assign age ratings for horrifically violent content on broadcast TV deeming it appropriate for children,” said PTC…
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President Tim Winter in the release. Ratings for “Movies are no better, as new research found that PG-13 rated films contain as much violence as R-rated films,” Winter said. This week is the one-year anniversary of a series of meetings between Vice President Joe Biden and the entertainment industry on media violence, PTC said. “In one year, the industry has done nothing to reduce media violence,” said Winter. Ratings for TV and movies should be “accurate, consistent, transparent and publicly accountable,” said PTC. “More than 3,000 medical and sociological studies in the last 50 years have proven that children are affected by the media content they consume,” Winter said. NAB and MPAA didn’t comment.