V-Chip’s Opposite Effect?

Movies got much more violent and sexy after the rating system was instituted, and the same thing is going to happen to television: After V-chips are installed in television sets across America, TV producers will no longer feel a need to limit the amount of sex and violence in their programs. Thus, the current crusade to limit the content of TV programs through a program rating system will have effects directly opposite to what its proponents are hoping for.

RICHARD SHOWSTACK

Newport Beach