    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000, Book I)]
    [June 8, 2000]
    [Page 1110]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on the Entertainment and Media Industry's
    Parental Media Guide Website
    June 8, 2000

        I applaud the media and the entertainment industry for announcing
    that they have answered our call to action to develop a one-stop website
    for parents to learn more about how to monitor and understand their
    children's interaction with the media. This website is a positive step,
    but not the only one we need to take, to give parents the tools they
    urgently need to help them choose what media is appropriate for their
    children. The First Lady challenged
    the industry to develop this website, as part of the White House
    Conference on Teenagers, to give parents more and better information
    about how to use the current media rating systems and parent advisory
    guidelines voluntarily put in place by the movie, television, music, and
    computer/video game industries. Hillary and I will continue to call on
    the industry to take the next step of voluntarily creating a uniform
    rating system that would apply to movies, television, music, and video
    games.
        The parental media guide can be found at www.parentalguide.org. This
    website was jointly developed and produced by the Motion Picture
    Association of America, the National Cable Television Association, the
    National Association of Broadcasters, the Recording Industry Association
    of America, and the Interactive Digital Software Association.