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...Public discontent with the two-party system has been growing over the decades, and the voters who refuse to label themselves Republicans or Democrats outnumber either party's loyalists...
...would allow parents to block out programming deemed to be violent. But a similar amendment considered by a House committee has already met defeat, and the National Association of Broadcasters is threatening legal action if the provision becomes law. "The First Amendment doesn't say the government can identify, label and rate these things for you," says Valerie Schulte, a lawyer for the nab. "If you have a V-chip, next you'll have an L-chip for language, an N-chip for nudity-it's just going to go on." A J-chip for junk would be nice...
...such initiative will work without a critical second step: that the required programming be clearly labeled as the broadcaster's compliance with the law. The label should work just as the signs do that millions of Americans post prominently in the windows of their homes and businesses, letting children know these places are safe refuges. The programming label would indicate that the program's primary purpose is to educate, not to sell toys or junk food, and that it is safe; that there is a friend in the house instead of a stranger...
...largest distributor of rap music (the German-based Bertelsmann Music Group accounts for an 18.5% share of the rap market, compared with Time Warner's 16.4%), but it is home to several of the biggest and baddest performers, due largely to its ownership stake in Interscope, a small label that releases Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg. (Earlier this year, Time Warner increased its ownership in Interscope from 25% to 50%.) The standards of taste at Warner Music labels, moreover, have at times seemed extraordinarily lax. Several years ago, Geffen Records (then affiliated with Warner Records) rejected...
Company officials argue that it is futile to try to stamp out rap by clamping down on a single company. When Ice-T withdrew his Cop Killer song after the 1992 controversy and left Warner Records, he was instantly picked up by another label. Warner record officials note that other major record companies -- who are, after all, Time Warner competitors -- have pointedly failed to come to Time Warner's defense over the issue of rap. "Obviously," says one senior Warner record executive, "if just Time Warner falls and commits hara-kiri, that will be great for people who hate...