New Group Fights Indecency Laws

After more than a year of controversy over coarse broadcasts, the networks fired back against their critics last week, launching an advocacy group to influence public opinion and ward off greater government regulation. But there were few indications of what form that advocacy would take.

The group, called TV Watch, on May 5 posted a Web site that touted parental controls and displayed a poll favorable to its message. Executive director Jim Dyke pointed to a membership that includes the American Conservative Union and the U.S.