With less than a week to go in the current presidential campaign, Joe Lieberman, the Democrats' vice presidential nominee, has revived his attack on Hollywood and has warned that a Gore administration will take steps to "bring actions under the current false and deceptive advertising laws against companies that market adult-rated products to children." In a letter to some major film executives, Lieberman added: "If we find that the FTC lacks sufficient authority under those laws to respond to this problem, then we will recommend narrowly tailored legislation to provide the necessary authority." Lieberman also challenged the execs to adopt "higher standards for the products you make and lower levels of glorified violence and crude sexuality." He chided the movie industry for failing to adopt "a uniform policy explicitly prohibiting the marketing of adult-rated products to children" and theater-owner groups for not proposing sanctions that will be imposed on members who fail to enforce adult ratings.

Source: Studio Briefing