[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.