Politicians panter to the right...

Even though American TV is already greatly censored, more could be on the way!

So basically the point of view is that the government must protect everyone from indecent material on TV. I get the idea, it's kind of screwed up b/c the easiest way to protect your children from bad programming goes something like this:
a) don't get cable
b) if you do get cable, don't get channels with questionable content (Cinemax, HBO, or others that you explicitely pay more for)
c) If you do get cable and those channels that cost extra, try locking your TV set with a code that will lock your children out of watching those channels that might have questionable content
d) if locking your cable seems too difficult - call Best Buy - they will sell you a cable box that is pre-configured with questionable content locked out and even teach you in the store how to use it.

It's not the governments responsibility to protect children from everything. It's the parents responsibility. While there are some avenues that sure would be eaiser if the Government helped out (drugs and guns perhaps), programming that may not be suitable for younger audiences is one of those that is easily solved by parents just not buying multiple TVs or even just not getting cable! Similarly, if you're worried that your child might be in a crash on his or her 4-wheeler while mudding with friends, the easy solution is to not get your 6-year old a 4-wheeler. We don't need laws for everything - but I guess with a big election coming up people will do anything to win the votes of those people who fear their children watching something they're not supposed to.