“This Big Tobacco-type drubbing comes from the Clinton-Gore administration just 28 days – long enough for the checks to clear? – after the same entertainment industry whooped the city of Los Angeles into one, huge week-long fund-raising party for Hillary Clinton, Al Gore and the Democratic Party.” – Inside.com
- NEXT UP – CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS: “Wednesday, Lynne Cheney, wife of GOP vice presidential nominee Dick Cheney and a longtime leading figure in the culture wars, will be called to testify. And she is only the latest high-profile figure from both parties eager to take part in what is shaping up to be such a congressional gangbang that representatives from the entertainment industry have decided to pull out of the hearings.” – Salon
- LIKELY OUTCOMES: Expect protests from the entertainment industry and a lot of grandstanding from politicians, but don’t expect any legislation. The entertainment industry will remain self-regulated, but it will be encouraged to get a lot better at that self-regulation. If it doesn’t, it will face a full-on assault, much like the tobacco industry has faced in the last several years. – Inside.com
- HOLLYWOOD PONDERS DAMNING REPORT: Hollywood was busy digesting Monday’s report by the US Federal Trade Commission on violence which concluded that “the movie, music and video game industries undermined their own rating systems by advertising to audiences for which the content is deemed inappropriate.” – Variety