    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 23 (Monday, June 12, 2000)]
    [Page 1314]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    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.