Submitted on Thursday 1st December 2022
Rejected on Monday 5th December 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Implement law mandating improved watershed restrictions on radio news broadcasts
Radio, particularly news broadcasts, should have watershed restrictions on content. Radio is most commonly consumed in cars/vehicles/businesses. It’s often difficult to avoid children suddenly hearing news about war, suicide, murder, & other such mature topics. It should be better controlled.
Our four year old asked about a brutal murder, based on what they’d heard in a shop, on daytime news, from BBC radio - we couldn’t have avoided them hearing this. If parents want to educate their children on such things they should be able to do so in a controlled way, without preventing businesses from broadcasting radio. Considering most news is about war, murder, suicide, & all sorts of other crises, it would be shrewd to increase protection given to children. At least require a warning.
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