Posted
8:37 AM
by Gene
RATINGS AND V-CHIPS ARE DEFINITELY THE ANSWER:On April 9 a young black working mother came to midtown Manhattan to attend a public forum on hip-hop violence sponsored by the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network. The event was prompted by a shootout, one month earlier, between rival rap entourages outside Hot 97, one of New York's leading radio stations.
When the station's general manager, Barry Mayo, recited the cliché
that parents should control what their children listen to and watch, the young woman rose to her feet: "I have a 12-year-old son, and I fear for him every day. I don't let him watch the videos, but I can't do it all by myself. I need help!"....
Millions of Americans are fed up with the calculated coarseness that now passes for "edginess" in the entertainment industry....WHY MUST THIS APPEAR IN THE
WALL STREET JOURNALS CONSERVATIVE EDITION FREELOADER'S REVIEW?