Melissa Caldwell Quotations

Until a couple years ago, the FCC was sort of asleep at the wheel when it comes to indecency enforcement, ... We helped jump-start the FCC and get them to look at this issue seriously.

Whenever you see young actors describing horrific crimes or acting out certain sexual situations, you have to wonder what kind of images are put into their heads, ... I saw Dakota Fanning talking about the tactics Steven Spielberg used to make her cry. I think that kind of thing will have a negative effect in the long run.

We're just gathering and labeling information, ... We're not telling people what they should be offended by.

Networks may be putting the shows on later in the evening, but they are advertising those programs throughout the day.

Part of our reason for putting this list out is to shame the networks,

We're not necessarily advocating for shows to be canceled. Our preference is that they tone it down.

CSI,' perhaps more than any other show that I can think of on television right now, has really gotten into the kinky sexual fetishes to drive the story lines,

There's a certain mythology that prevails in Hollywood that kids are only interested in risky or edgy stuff, ... and I don't think that's always the case.

Here 2005 is going to end essentially tomorrow and nothing has been done all year. I'm a bit disappointed. I would have expected to see something happen before now.

Here 2005 is going to end and nothing has been done all year.