The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the draft version of the Democrat National Committee platform takes a few swipes at Hollywood in an attempt to pander to the “family values” crowd (see Dems’ lecture to H’wood angers industry leaders). According to the Reporter, the DNC draft platform includes a section on Responsible Entertainment which reads in part,
The entertainment industry must accept more responsibility and exercise more self-restraint by strictly enforcing movie ratings, by taking a close look at violence in its own advertising and by determining whether the ratings systems are allowing too many children to be exposed to too much violence and cruelty,” the document says.
The amusing thing is that Jack Valenti and others seem to think this sort of move is uncharacteristic of the DNC, but this is the party, after all, that has put Ronald Reagan and the Republicans to shame in their zeal to propose and enact fundamental restrictions on speech.
Addendum: Free-Market.Net points out that Al Gore’s putative choice for vice-president, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, is a long time “family values” Democrat who regularly attacks violence in media. He’s held annual press conferences denouncing video games he considers too violent.