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TV Tools for Parents 101 Empowers and Educates Parents on Making TV Viewing Decisions for Their Families
September 17, 2008
Charleston, SC — It’s September, which means the new school year has started and a new television season is on its way. Parents have been busy prepping their children for new teachers and classes, but have they prepped themselves for new television programming?
Popular shows will be returning as well as a few new ones. With so many channels and choices, it is important to sort through which programs are suitable for their children.
To help parents, TV Watch created TV Tools for Parents 101, an easy guide to help them brush up on the basic information and tools, such as the TV program ratings and the V-Chip.
“Parents’ daily lives are so hectic, we wanted to make a quick and easy way for them to learn how to effectively monitor what their children watch and enforce their family’s television viewing decisions,” said Jim Dyke, Executive Director of TV Watch. “So, forget staying up all night cramming, because learning how to make your television family friendly can be done with a few simple clicks of the remote.”
Studying The PTC
August 5, 2008
Charleston SC — “The Parents Television Council won't be satisfied with television content until they convince the government to enforce their personal, selective judgments. Parents agree with the challenges of selecting appropriate content in a multimedia era, but overwhelmingly reject their ‘we know best and the government will make sure of that’ approach,” said Jim Dyke, Executive Director TV Watch.
“Over the years, the Parents Television Council has released numerous studies aimed at influencing lawmakers and regulators to believe that parents aren’t competent enough to make television viewing decisions for their own families. This newest study follows previous formulas perfectly: another study with a scary title that uses faulty analysis, biased methodology and suspect omissions to influence the debate and raise money.”
Statement by TV Watch in Response to Today’s 3rd Circuit Ruling
July 21, 2008
Charleston, SC — Jim Dyke, the Executive Director of TV Watch, has released the following statement in regards to 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision:
“A majority of Americans and 87 percent of all parents believe that they should be in charge of making television viewing decisions, not the government. Yet, for years groups like the Parents Television Council have used ‘astroturf’ campaigns to generate the majority of complaints to the FCC. They dismiss the ratings which parents find useful, as ‘meaningless.’ The blocking technologies, which parents use to support their old fashioned rules, they call ‘useless.’
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Fleeting Expletives Case
March 17, 2008
Charleston, SC – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to review a Second Circuit Court ruling regarding the FCC's indecency policy.
TV Watch Executive Director, Jim Dyke, issued the following statement:
“We trust that the highest court in the land will determine that the highest authority on family television viewing is parents and not the government...
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