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		<title>Movie Ratings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Movie ratings are operated by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). The rating of a movie is determined by the Classification and Rating Administration (CARA). This is comprised of parents that view films and then give them a rating depending on how they think the movie should be rated. The parents try to watch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Ratings, Ch 16, Question 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think that the current movie rating system established by the MPAA allows for movie studios and producers to clearly rate what category their movie should be rated in.  If you throw out the NC-17 rating which is rarely used anymore because most movies that could be rated that, are releasing two versions of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commajor.com/?p=4224</link>
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		<title>life has no ratings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I believe the rating system is very dated and need to be updated. The rating system was made to prevent people from being exposed to material that can suggest: violence, drug, or sexual content. I think it’s attainable idea that we are trying to totally protect people from being exposed to certain things. I think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 16 Question 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Going to the movies has been a pastime for Americans for many years now and have changed a lot over the years. With the changing times comes more movies pushing the envelope of what is or is not socially acceptable and with this we need our ratings system more than ever.
Our movie ratings system helps out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commajor.com/?p=4215</link>
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		<title>The Unfair Doctrine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you see media, especially blogs of this genre, it is without a doubt, biased-opinionated-and slanted.  Not many bloggers present more than their side, and for good reason.  It is their property.  Likewise with radio and other forms of media, the person who owns this allyway of media should have the right to say, within [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commajor.com/?p=4211</link>
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		<title>Chapter 16 Question 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our society would not be the same with out movies because of the revenue it brings into the box office. People of all ages and from different surroundings all have one thing in common, they like to purchase and rent movies daily. Renting movies is a hobby far from being expensive to do, the average [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commajor.com/?p=4208</link>
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		<title>How Free is Freedom of the Press:</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paula Rogers
COM 101
November 29, 2009
Chapter 16, Question #3
3.) The writer A.J. Liebling once said that freedom of the press belonged only to those who owned one. Explain why you agree or disagree.
The First Amendment guarantees to every American citizen the right to freedom of the press. However, this freedom is not absolute due to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commajor.com/?p=4205</link>
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		<title>Some Things are Worth Waiting For.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ch.16 &#124; #5
The current rating system is something that is now and forever absolutely necessary. Desensitizing society through changing the current movie rating system would just be something that in time would be regretted. There is a time a reason to how old one should be to see a certain kind of movie pertaining to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commajor.com/?p=4202</link>
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		<title>Freedom over Fairness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1949, the FCC put into act a ruling they called the Fairness Doctrine, requiring radio stations to partake in disputable broadcasting with equal exposure to each sides of a story. But activists took advantage of the law meant for equality and stations were soon met with loss of advertisers and viewers as they attempted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commajor.com/?p=4198</link>
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		<title>Movie Ratings Growing Indecency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chapter 16 Question 5
Think back to the variety of movies you&#8217;ve seen over your lifetime. Odds are, you&#8217;ve seen a wealth of movies through many different decades. Now think about the content covered within those films. MPAA ratings have certainly changed since they began in the 1960&#8217;s. What was once inappropriate is now readily acceptable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commajor.com/?p=4213</link>
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