 the parents television council (ptc) is a united states-based censorship advocacy group founded by conservative catholic activist l. brent bozell iii in 1995. through publications on its website including staff reviews, (non peer-reviewed) research reports, and web-based newsletters, the council proclaims television programs or other entertainment products to be beneficial or harmful to the development of children and actively works to ensure broadcasters and content producers conform to the council's advice. council activities include attempts to hold advertisers accountable for the content of the programs they sponsor, encouraging the development of what the council considers to be responsible, family-friendly entertainment, pressuring broadcasters to stop and/or limit television content the council claims to be harmful to children, as well as pressuring cable operators to unbundle cable channels so consumers can pick and pay for only the channels they want to watch. the council launches several media campaigns a year against the producers and advertisers of television programs they perceive to be indecent. a typical campaign involves press releases declaring a particular program harmful (often with a tally of "unacceptable" character behavior or situations), the organized mass mailing of form letters and emails to advertising sponsors of unapproved programs, organized mass filing of complaints via the federal communications commission (fcc) website complaint form, and direct threats of long, potentially costly fcc license challenges to local network affiliates planning to broadcast what the council considers harmful network programming.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/parents-protests-cbs-1018806.aspx|title=parents council protests cbs' $#*! my dad says|date=may 20, 2010|last=abrams|first=natalie|work=tv guide|accessda
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