The
AP reports. Excerpt:
Marriage
gets little respect on network TV shows that instead revel in the pleasures of
extramarital and even kinky sex, according to a study released Tuesday.
The
study by the Parents Television Council includes a strongly worded condemnation
of prime-time TV, contending it "seems to be actively seeking to undermine
marriage by consistently painting it in a negative light."
Even
more troubling, according to the watchdog group, is what it characterized as
TV's recent obsession with what it termed "outre" or bizarre
behavior, including partner swapping and pedophilia.
…
The effect on young viewers is dire, the Parents Television Council contends.
Behavior
that once was seen as "fringe, immoral or socially destructive have been
given the imprimatur of acceptability by the television industry" and
children are absorbing or even imitating it, the report contends.