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What was the goal of the Parents Music Resource Center?

Retry Correct Incorrect Although The Washington Post reported that the Parents Music Resource Center did propose some more extreme acts of censorship like pressuring radio and TV stations to ban music they deemed objectionable and labels to “reassess” the contracts of controversial artists, the main aim of their campaign included warning labels about the specific content of certain albums so parents could control and understand what their children wanted to listen to. Following a 1985 Senate hearing, this measure was adjusted to a more generic “parental advisory explicit content” warning label.

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What was the goal of the Parents Music Resource Center?

• To void the contracts of musicians whose music offended them
• To exert direct control over radio and TV stations who played “offensive” music
• Ban any music that the action committee considered objectionable
• Increase parental control and awareness over music their children listened to