Here comes the FCC:

Declaring television coarser than ever, a top federal regulator served notice on cable and satellite programmers Tuesday to shield children from racy shows or risk coming under sharper government scrutiny.

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“Parents need better and more tools to help them navigate the entertainment waters, particularly on cable and satellite TV,” Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin told Congress.

You mean, other than the V-chip, universally-available blocking capability, and…um…parenting? Sez Martin….

“You can always turn the television off and, of course, block the channels you don’t want, “but why should you have to?”

You could actually raise your kids yourself, too. But why should you have to?

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