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12/12/2005

CWA: Family-Friendly Tiers are Not the Answer

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 /Christian Wire Service/ -- Concerned Women for America (CWA) says that cable companies should not be trusted to create family-friendly tiers, or groupings of shows deemed "family-friendly," because parents--not the cable industry--should be the ones to decide what is appropriate for their children to watch on television.

"Cable companies that air some of the most graphically immoral material in television history cannot be trusted to turn around and successfully create a family-friendly tier," said Lanier Swann, Director of Government Relations at CWA. "Parents must ask themselves if they really want the same cable millionaires who produced trash like 'Nip/Tuck,' 'Party at the Palms' and 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy' to define 'family-friendly.'

"Furthermore, Hollywood often promotes movies as family-friendly when in fact they perpetuate the very themes that undermine the family unit. Themes such as pre-marital sex, infidelity and vulgar conversations run rampant in many so-called 'made for family films.'

"Family-friendly tiering takes control out of parents' hands and gives it straight to cable companies. Clearly, the idea is a sell-out. Cable choice is a far better option for empowering parents to keep filth away from our children and restore rightful authority to all consumers. Bottom line: We cannot let cable companies decide what constitutes a 'family-friendly' program."

Concerned Women for America (CWA) is the nation's largest public policy women's organization.