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Fair point, for adult viewers...and of course all parents are closely monitoring the viewing habits of their young children.
Censorship and American Television
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Fair point, for adult viewers...and of course all parents are closely monitoring the viewing habits of their young children.
Don't even get me started on parents that give a child unsupervised free reign to TV/phones/computer/internet.Fair point, for adult viewers...and of course all parents are closely monitoring the viewing habits of their young children.
Ultimately, what comes into a home is the responsibility of adults living there!
Kids don't watch broadcast TV anymore. All the mind-rotting, neurosis-creating garbage they are exposed to comes direct via their mobile phones and social media.
If it was down to me, I would make it illegal for the big tech companies to provide accounts to under 18s. If you even mooted the idea they would throw their hands up in horror (because their multi-billion dollar businesses are based entirely on recruiting a captive young audience for advertisers) but it would be completely possible from a technological standpoint.
Of course, the problem with that is that then kids would simply be driven onto smaller, less well-known sites and apps where there is even less regulatory oversight and even more opportunity for them to be exposed to unsuitable content. You can't win. Pandoras box is already open and our legislators left it too late to slam it shut again.
Some parents thing their job as parents end day they gave birth, reason some children are uncharge over parents. Nephew has two brat that are proof why some animals eat young.
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It is not only in the US - there is a channel here in the UK which shows mainly vintage content and they are compelled by the Ofcom regulator to show a warning prior to particular broadcasts, not for vulgar language as there is hardly any on the channel, but rather for something altogether more sinister. Here is the warning: "This program was made in XXXX - some viewers may be offended by the language and attitudes expressed by some characters ... which reflect the time it was made." The programs requiring this warning were in some cases made as late as the mid 1990s - apparently we were a bunch of deviants back then and our language and attitudes will offend the delicate constitution of today's younger viewers, none of whom are likely to be watching the channel. I guess I must still be a deviant as I have yet to see anything wrong with any of the content.
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It is impossible to grow emotionally when living in a bubble. Being exposed to diverse ideas, especially those we disagree with, builds character and prepares us to deal with adversity in a positive way.
I'm sad for anyone that would read such a warning and change the channel.
Things used to make more sense back in the last century, when you basically had to watch a show when it was on, and it was going to be "on" on a certain time. So if you are going to make a show for 7pm broadcast, you know it and "gosh darn" is the worst that happens. Late night when the kiddies are all asleep gets more latitude. So you know that "prime time" television is going to be kid-friendly, and maybe at 9pm it's more "teenagers and up" sort of stuff.
But now, everything is "on demand". So you don't know if the new show you are watching on Netflix is going to be okay to watch with your kids or not, until you watch it. (And they probably just grab their i-pad and go watch it in their room without you.)
But now, everything is "on demand". So you don't know if the new show you are watching on Netflix is going to be okay to watch with your kids or not, until you watch it. (And they probably just grab their i-pad and go watch it in their room without you.)
Censorship on the radio is even worse. You can't say ***** on the radio, or ****, or ******, or ****. You can't even say I'd like to ****** you someday, unless you're a doctor with a very large *****.
I've been watching From where every other word begins with F and Darrell Dixon with very few curse words. What's the question again?
I find the whole concept of putting "trigger warnings" on established and well-loved cultural products incredibly triggering.
I insist that all "trigger warnings" should now come with a "trigger-trigger warning" so that stuffy old cranks like me can be prepared in advance and avoid seeing something that might put our blood pressure up.
Meanwhile, the same people responsible for the "trigger warnings" are taking classic franchises that used to make for smart, morally edifying family viewing, and turning them into braindead action-schlock full of bad language, rock songs about drug-abuse and gratuitous violence (I am looking at you, modern Star Trek). I don't get it.
I insist that all "trigger warnings" should now come with a "trigger-trigger warning" so that stuffy old cranks like me can be prepared in advance and avoid seeing something that might put our blood pressure up.
Meanwhile, the same people responsible for the "trigger warnings" are taking classic franchises that used to make for smart, morally edifying family viewing, and turning them into braindead action-schlock full of bad language, rock songs about drug-abuse and gratuitous violence (I am looking at you, modern Star Trek). I don't get it.
I needed a head's-up that this post was coming. Some sort of warning ...
I take those trigger warnings as a good advert for the programme. Makes me want to watch it...
Who watches broadcast TV anymore?
Amazingly, to me, is that I can't remember the last time I watched broadcast unless it was because of bad weather on the horizon.
I'm just in love with the Hallmark movies.
I just love the pretty people, and the fact that I can enjoy it muted as much as with the volume turned up!
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Not me. If I do, it's usually sports.
We, my wife and I, absolutely monitored our kids viewing. We also knew every single site they went to online and could block many of them. We knew what was sent in emails, Facebook messages, etc, back a couple of decades ago. We took. Protecting our kids very seriously. Once they graduated high school and turned 18 (not just one or the other), we stopped monitoring. They had to make choices. We still use a filter that eliminates most porn, since we do pay for the service and I don't need the temptation either (yep, I am human and a hot blooded 50s male), but we don't actively monitor what adults do on our wireless network.Fair point, for adult viewers...and of course all parents are closely monitoring the viewing habits of their young children.
America:
Not that I've watched broadcast TV for years, but from memory they don't much sensor anything much here. They'll just put the dodgy stuff on after a certain time at night, and have a warning that the following show is rated for adults only.
Most of the programming is vile. I seldom watch any. The last days of Rome are not in the arena but on television, internet, music and games.
Sorry, no. I can get in trouble all on my own.