Backlash against TV talk shows; Empower America, with support of senators Nunn and Lieberman, urges producers to clean up topics.(Sam Nunn, Joe Lieberman)

Broadcasting & Cable, October, 1995 by Stern, Christopher

Empower America, with support of senators Nunn and Lieberman, urges producers to clean up topics The same group that shamed Time Warner into selling its gangsta rap music subsidiary has now set its sights on daytime talk shows. Flanked by senators Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) and Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), Empower America's William Bennett called on producers of talk shows--including Time Warner, Gannett, Paramount, Fox, CBS, Columbia TriStar Studios and Tribune--to clean up their daytime talk shows.

"The shows we are talking about are not close calls; they go over the line every day," said Bennett. The shows are particularly harmful to children, which make up a large portion of their audience, he said. In making his case, Bennett cited an array of talk show topics...

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