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Article: GIVE 3 STARRS TO THE FOUL LANGUAGE FILTER.(DAILY BREAK)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- September 16, 1998
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Byline: Larry Maddry
DID YOU KNOW there's a filter that can knock the $%&*! out of your television?
It's true. It's called the Foul Language Filter, or TV Guardian. It's a black box you hook to your cable box or VCR that filters out more than 100 words or phrases you don't want your children to hear. Stuff you may not be too keen on hearing yourself.
When I began looking into this subject, it was intended as a public service.
There's no telling what kind of obscenities or profanities may emerge from the Starr Report to Congress.
And I believed you and yours would probably like to be protected. Lord knows I tried. But it turns ...