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at pre-schoolers could be called "high-quality," just 26 percent
of programs targeted toward children ages six to eleven could be
called good. Nearly half of the programming was rated "low
quality."
Now the President, with your help, has been working hard to
establish a minimum requirement for television broadcasters: all
that we are taking is for three hours a week of educational,
child-friendly programming. I don't think that is too much to
ask. And the good news is that it's on the verge of happening.
A majority of the FCC Commissioners will soon, I believe, take
positive action on this issue.
The three-hour requirement is simple, and it is fair. As
Vice President Gore noted a few days ago, "It leaves 98 percent
of broadcasting time for other programs.
Next month, the President, the Vice-President, Tipper Gore,
and I will meet with media executives and children's programmers
to discuss ways to strengthen children's television.
We simply must demand more of the people who are producing -
-
and profiting - from the shows that young people watch. From
my point of view, the very popular "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers"
show, for example, has no place on any lineup described as
"children's programming.'
Experts have said that the show is "devoid of any enriching
value." "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" show for the example has
no place in any line-up described as children's programming.
Experts have said that show is devoid of any enriching value.
"Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" is one of the most violent
television programs, on television today. Hundreds of acts of
violence, from kicking to missile launches, are depicted in each
episode. The shows teach children that heroes always resolve any
conflict through violence. They convey to children the sinister
message that the more powerful your weapon, the more powerful you
are. And even though they are zapped, kicked and fired upon
countless times, the Power Rangers never feel any pain or suffer
any injury.
As a result of the show's popularity, young children on
playgrounds across America are imitating these so-called
"superheroes," they kick, they punch, they fight each other, as
well as the imaginary archvillains Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd.
Now you and I know that kind of playground activity has been
a hallmark of playgrounds for generations. Long before
television, and long before specific shows like the "Power
Rangers". But the repetition, the intensity of this message
that children see over and over again on television is different.
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