Parents Group Petitions Congress, Attorney General to Investigate MTV for Child ****ography in 'Skins' Series

The Parents Television Council wants to find out.
The media watchdog group called on lawmakers and law enforcement officials Thursday to open an investigation regarding possible child ****ography and exploitation on the cable network's new series “Skins.”

“On January 17, the Viacom-owned cable network MTV aired a teenager-based drama, ‘Skins.’ The episode included all manner of foul language, illegal drug use, illegal activity as well as thoroughly pervasive sexual content,” PTC President Tim Winter said in a letter sent to the chairmen of the U.S. Senate and House Judiciary Committees and the Department of Justice. “Many of the actors appearing in the show are below the age of 18. It is clear that Viacom has knowingly produced material that may well be in violation of [several] federal statutes."

“Since it is not necessary for Viacom or MTV to distribute the material in order to be in violation of the law, we call upon your committees to immediately investigate Viacom and MTV for the production of this material," Winter said in the statement. "Furthermore, we urge you in the strongest possible terms to compel the attorney general to mount an investigation by the Department of Justice into whether the production of ‘Skins’ has violated federal law meant to protect minors from exploitation.”

via foxnews.com


My Thoughts
MTV is not a kids channel, it's the parents job not to let their kids watch MTV, not the network.

It was only a matter of time. They better not cancel this show, or I'll be highly pissed.

Some parents need to sit the **** down.

These Parent's groups need to be destroyed. Seriously.

I felt dirty whilst watching this and I am a minor. I am going to sue.

people need to chill. Skins is just as raunchy in the UK and we don't cry about it and sue.Most of the actors are older than the characters so if there 18+ its not child ****. PTC are seriously rentards.

Only the FLOP ASS Skins US

But that's the thing; they're under 18, so it's illegal. If PTC didn't act upon it, someone else eventually would have.

I haven't seen this show, but if the actors really are under 18 and there was nudity, the PTC could very well have a case. This isn't your ordinary day where they're complaining about Miley Cyrus being in her panties in a music video.

Groups like this are so stupid with their overreacting.

Exactly.

If the kids are watching MTV then they'd most likely know what a penis and a vagina is. and what it is used for.
smh.

Parent groups are actually nuns with no children that want's to stop repopulation.

Wasn't Mena Suvari underage for her topless scene in American Beauty? And it was ok because her parents consented to it? Cause in that case I'm sure MTV took similar precautions with this show

My suggestion for all of these "groups" complaining about it being inappropriate: Just don't ****ing watch it. If you're so worried that your 16 year old child might see a boy and a girl kissing, or someone holding a bottle of alcohol, then don't let them watch TV, because that stuff is everywhere. I highly doubt a silly little MTV show is going to have much of an influence on anyone. I mean, it airs after 9 o'clock, and the TV MA rating should be some indication that maybe it isn't appropriate for little kids.

typical

People claiming this show to be "child ****" need to sit the **** back, but if it helps get this horrid thing off TV then so be it.

This is so stupid.

This is why SKINS would never work in the US.

Let's just stop reproduction as a whole.

**** you parents