2005 Annual Report - Parents Television Council
2005 Annual Report - Parents Television Council
2005 Annual Report - Parents Television Council
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PTC’S JOURNEY TO THE SPOTLIGHT<br />
A Look Back at the Last 10 Years<br />
<strong>2005</strong> marked the year the PTC became the pre-eminent authority on protecting children from Hollywood's<br />
corrupting influence. Time dedicated its coveted cover to the issue of broadcast indecency with a<br />
feature on the <strong>Parents</strong> <strong>Television</strong> <strong>Council</strong>. How did an organization – formed on virtually nothing<br />
more than an ideal – become such a powerful force? On the pages that follow, take a look at the PTC's<br />
journey to center stage. It's your support, after all, that makes it all possible.<br />
“The climate has<br />
definitely changed<br />
and the networks are<br />
under enormous<br />
pressure.”<br />
“Almost single-handedly, the PTC has become<br />
a national clearing house for, and<br />
arbiter of, decency...”<br />
“Decency…doesn’t<br />
break neatly<br />
along Republican<br />
or Democrat lines.<br />
…Members<br />
of both camps<br />
are concerned<br />
about a media<br />
market in<br />
which<br />
whatever<br />
sells goes.”<br />
“The <strong>Parents</strong> <strong>Television</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
believes that too much prime time TV<br />
is indecent. So indecent that it never misses a show.”<br />
“In 1998<br />
the PTC<br />
launched a<br />
membership<br />
drive that<br />
Bozell says<br />
netted<br />
500,000<br />
members.<br />
(The group<br />
now claims<br />
a million.)<br />
‘We woke a<br />
sleeping<br />
giant,’<br />
he says.”<br />
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