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...programs. But an examination of license-renewal applications revealed that many stations summarized plots of entertainment shows in ways that made them sound educational. Take one station's description of G.I. Joe: "The Joes fight against an evil that has the capabilities of mass destruction of society." Says Peggy Charren, founder of Action for Children's Television, who lobbied for the law: "The response of the broadcast industry to its new mandate to serve children is horrifying once you stop laughing. If their lawyers weren't drunk, they must be sick." Not necessarily. Regulators in the Reagan Administration once tried...
...Charren, who was a working mother in 1970 when she helped found ACT, says she started the group because of "lousy daycare. I couldn't get out of the house...
...group stressed that children's interests are different from regular broadcasting interests, according to Charren...
...Charren insists ACT is vehemently opposed to censorship, despite its attacks on television network programming...
...many people want to edit texts and ultimately get rid of them," said Charren, referring to Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) and groups such as the Moral Majority...