Children's Protection From Violent Programming Act: Difference between revisions

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'''The Incident:''' Senator Ernest F. Hollings and Senator Daniel K. Inouye co-sponsored the Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act of 1993, which would ban the broadcast or cable transmission of violent programming during hours when children make up a substantial share of the audience.
'''The Incident:''' Senator Ernest F. Hollings and Senator Daniel K. Inouye co-sponsored the Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act of 1993, which would ban the broadcast or cable transmission of violent programming during hours when children make up a substantial share of the audience.


'''Results of Incident:''' The act was still in committee when the article was published.
'''Results of Incident:''' This bill never became law. This bill was proposed in a previous session of Congress. Sessions of Congress last two years, and at the end of each session all proposed bills and resolutions that haven't passed are cleared from the books.  


'''Source:''' [http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/23/opinion/dialogue-tv-violence-survival-vs-censorship-save-the-children.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm New York Times], [http://www.archive.org/details/schildrensprote00trangoog Read the Full Act Here]
'''Source:''' [http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/23/opinion/dialogue-tv-violence-survival-vs-censorship-save-the-children.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm New York Times], [http://www.archive.org/details/schildrensprote00trangoog Read the Full Act Here]
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