Why Hollywood Doesn’t Get Duck Dynasty

Last week saw the return of the wildly popular A&E cable series Duck Dynasty. Despite the show’s popularity, the entertainment industry is unlikely to build upon its success...because they do not understand it. MORE

Cable Networks: Changing Name$ for Profit

In any other area of business, if a product doesn’t sell, the company making it fails — but not in the world of pay TV. There, if nobody watches a particular network, the entertainment industry’s answer is simple: change the network’s name...and force people to keep buying it anyway. MORE

Hollywood Writers Attack Decency, Democracy

Recently, the Writers Guild of America (West) filed their “reply comments” on the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed change in enforcement of laws against broadcast decency. In their comments, the Guild launched a vitriolic attack on broadcast decency, the PTC – and the American people. MORE

Entertainment Industry Demands “Right” to Air Indecency

Last month, over 100,000 Americans filed public comments with the Federal Communications Commission, asking the FCC enforce broadcast decency laws. This month, the entertainment industry filed its comments – and arrogantly demanded the “right” to flood American homes with indecent content. MORE

Why Broadcasters Are Afraid

As can be seen by their actions last week in demanding that the Federal Communications Commission completely abandon enforcing broadcast decency laws, the broadcast networks are in panic mode. There are two reasons for this. MORE

Lies Broadcasters Tell

In their effort to push the Federal Communications Commission into abandoning enforcement of broadcast decency laws, the broadcast networks must have had their spin-doctors working overtime on their public statements. Here’s a roundup of the various questionable claims the networks – who are using the people’s airwaves free of charge – told the government. MORE

Networks to FCC: “Let Us Do Anything We Want”

Since the “trust-busting” era of Teddy Roosevelt, one of the federal government’s responsibilities has been to ensure that private industry does not trample the rights of American citizens. But last week, the broadcast television networks told the government, “Ignore the American people. Let us do anything we want!” MORE

MTV Promotes Teens Making Sex Tapes

“Getting famous is as easy as having sex and letting the cameras roll...When his longtime crush finally asked him out on a date, Zach Stone hatched a plan to cash in on his first time. Because who wouldn’t want to see a sex movie starring an awkward virgin?”

So says MTV. MORE

MTV Sex Programmer Moves to NBC

Under its former executive vice-president David Janollari, MTV moved into ever-more sexually explicit programming – programming the producer apparently thought was perfect for teens. And now, Janollari will be bringing the same sensibility to the NBC broadcast network. MORE

MTV's Girl Code: Sexist, Misogynistic, and Degrading to Girls

According to MTV's Girl Code, women exist only to service men's sexual desires. The show pushes these crass, disgusting, and downright dangerous themes at teen girls in the guise of humorous “advice”...but nobody should be laughing. MORE

FCC Knuckles Under to Entertainment Industry – AGAIN!

Last month, the FCC asked for public comments on its new policy of taking action only against “egregious” violations of broadcast decency law. The deadline was May 20th. Though nearly 100,000 Americans filed comments demanding the agency enforce current standards, the FCC has extended the deadline – because the entertainment industry told them to. MORE

The FCC: Tool of Those It’s Supposed to Regulate?

On April 1st, the Federal Communications Commission – the agency charged since 1927 with enforcing the requirement that broadcasters operate “in the public interest” — announced its preference henceforth to ignore the concerns of millions of American citizens, in favor of those of the entertainment cartel. MORE

Hollywood’s Hypocrisy on Censorship

Even in the wake of horrific massacres like those in Newtown and Aurora, Hollywood is absolutely adamant that any limitation on violent or other content would constitute “censorship”...until foreign dictators ask them for changes. MORE