"Today's prime-time broadcast television programming is not merely indifferent to the institution of marriage and the stabilizing role it plays in our society. Rather, the medium appears to be actively seeking to undermine marriage by consistently painting it in a negative light. Nowhere is this more readily apparent than in its treatment of sexual behavior. ... Extramarital or adulterous sexual relationships are depicted with greater frequency and overwhelmingly as a positive experience. ... Behaviors that were once seen as fringe, immoral or socially destructive have been given the imprimatur of acceptability by the television industry—and children are absorbing those messages." —Parents Television Council president Tim Winter [Parents Television Council press release, 8/5/08]
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