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Article: Parents say Wal-Mart hit wrong note; A Maryland couple sues the retailer for failing to follow its own policy of labeling CDs that contain profanity.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- December 20, 2004
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Byline: Marilyn Gardner Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Until last month, Melanie and Trevin Skeens regularly relied on Wal-Mart to help them screen music for their two children. They appreciated the store's family-friendly policy of refusing to stock CDs and DVDs that carry parental advisory labels warning about explicit lyrics.
But that policy failed the couple when their 13-year-old daughter bought the CD "Anywhere But Home," by the rock group Evanescence. As they played it in the car on the way home, with their 7-year-old son also listening, they were shocked to hear profanity in the song "Thoughtless." When they asked the store to ...