[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.