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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Send Your Warning to the Sponsors of Skins (Easy to do!)

"Nearly every major corporation has responsibly decided not to support the non-stop orgy of teen sex, drugs, and alcohol that is MTV’s Skins. All but Clearasil, that is. It’s not enough that Clearasil continues to buy ad time on the teen-targeted program that promotes such irresponsible, even dangerous behavior; in a cynical ploy to forestall criticism of their continued support, Clearasil publicly touted what turned out to be a PSA that only directed viewers to MTV's website and Clearasil's own Facebook page - neither of which gave any information about how to deal with the drug and alcohol abuse so pervasive in Skins.

Clearasil, and its parent company Reckitt-Benckiser need to hear from you.

If Reckitt-Benckiser believes a 30-second PSA can encourage pro-social behavior; they must allow for the possibility, even the likelihood that the surrounding 42 minutes of programming can encourage anti-social behavior. Which is why their continued support of Skins is simply indefensible. MORE...

TELL RECKITT-BENCKISER WHAT YOU THINK OF THEM SPONSORING SKINS!"

From Parents Television Council Website.

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Saturday, January 29, 2011

SKINS

As a mom, I am terribly concerned with what is shown on TV that our children can possibly get a hold of, even accidently. That's why I joined up with Parents Television Council (PTC) and am their Associate Director of the Houston Chapter.

Right now, there is a show on MTV called "Skins" that maybe you have been hearing about on the news programs. This show consists of teens as young as 15 engaging in sexual content which could be considered pornographic.

Please go to this website www.parentstv.org/ptc/publications/emailalerts/2011/0122.htm if you are concerned as I am. You may want to write to the advertisers involved with your concern, because once the show has no sponsors it cannot continue.

The PTC is not a religious organization, and is not an organization that wants to censor. What they ARE concerned about are shows that are shown during times that children may have a chance of watching. You can go to their website for more information: www.parentstv.org.