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Bill Clinton: Conference in Nashville July 10, 1995 I just want to say one thing, if I might. Let me, first of all, start by saying…

On the recordJuly 10, 1995
Conference in Nashville July 10, 1995 I just want to say one thing, if I might. Let me, first of all, start by saying thank you to all of you for being here and for caring enough about this subject to be here and for giving us a chance to discuss this issue in a nonpolitical atmosphere of good citizenship. I thank you for that. I also thank you for what you've done. But I'd like to comment if I could on what's been said and what has not been said and end with something Mr. Selleck said. First of all, we know that we need to support and get more of the kind of programming reflected on the Nickelodeon, the Disney Channel, ``Christy,'' the Fox Children's Network, and public television, and whoever I left out. We know that, we know we need that. Secondly, we know we need some guideposts to the future which might be what John Cook talked about or another kind of rating system. And at least some of us would like to see some parents be able to turn some things off now and again, which is why we like the V channel. Then you get to the next level, which is what the gentleman from the Ad Council talked about. And I agree with--we've got to make sure that no matter how far we go with technology, we save some private space along the way. Then you get to the question of whether we could systematically move the market system a little bit, to take off on Gary's comment. His is a significant commitment, the Ad Council has made, for two reasons.…
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