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The United States Enlarges the Punishment to the Media More than any other industry, America’s multi-billion-dollar entertai
The United States Enlarges the Punishment to the Media More than any other industry, America’s multi-billion-dollar entertai
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The United States Enlarges the Punishment to the Media
More than any other industry, America’s multi-billion-dollar entertainment business is caught in the crossfire of the country’s culture war. Media firms have always had to walk a fine line between giving adults realistic shows and shielding children from sex and bad language. But thanks to the current political influence of social conservatives, TV and radio firms are under more attack than ever for allegedly corrupting America’s youth.
Congress is threatening to increase sharply fines for airing indecent material. Over 80% of American homes subscribe either to cable or satellite TV, but only broadcast television, which is technically free, is subject to indecency regulation. The media industry fears that new rules could damage its business model.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ,the media industry’s regulator,defines indecency as language or material that describes sexual actions or organs and which is considered " offensive by contem-porary community standards". Solely for the sake of children (present in one-third of American homes) , indecency is forbidden from 6 a.m. to 10 p. m. on broadcast TV and radio. In contrast to " obscenity "—illegal all the time—indecency mostly consists of swearing, partial nudity and sexuality.
America’s current battles over indecency began in 2003 when Bono, a rock star, said "this is really, really fucking brilliant" at a live awards show. The FCC decided to do nothing. Then came a glimpse of Janet Jackson’s breast in Super Bowl, outraging some viewers. Pressed by Congress, the FCC reversed its decision on Bono and said it would get tough on indecency. In 2004 it fined media firms nearly $8 milion, five times what it had levied in the previous ten years combined.
For these firms such fines are puny. Yet fearing what future measures might be dep-loyed against them, they have increasingly censored themselves. Last year several TV stations declined to air "Saving Private Ryan", a war movie with lots of swearing. The media industry faces a powerful bipartisan coalition of politicians who see votes in cleansing the airwaves. Republicans are leading the effort, but some Democrats are joining in—not surprisingly, as many parents do seem worried.
One defensive strategy for the media industry is to play the moralizing wing of the Re-publican Party off against its substantial libertarian wing, which is opposed to giving the government more power to censor. News Corporation and General Electric’s NBC have together enlisted the support of the American Conservative Union, Americans for Tax Reform and the US Chamber of Commerce. Advances in technology, these groups argue, mean that the government no longer needs to police the airwaves for indecency. Many parents now have V-chips in their TV sets to block out pornographic material. Set top boxes for cable and satellite TV also give parents control.
What strategy has the media industry adopted to defend itself?
选项
A、Creating bitter quarrels between Republican’s two wings.
B、Protesting the government’s power over censorship.
C、Allying with such groups as the American Conservative Union.
D、Arguing that the material is actually under the control of parents.
答案
A
解析
事实细节题。答案在第六段第一句。句中表示传媒行业的抵御策略之一便是挑起共和党内部两个派系的争论,A项与这句话含义相同。B项“抵抗政府的审核权力”曲解文章意思;C项只是News Corporation和NBC个别的作为;D项只是传媒行业的观点,并非抵御策略。
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