Nearly everyone claims to want better television and less sex and violence (especially parents), and in the mid-1990s, the protestations hit such a fever pitch that Congress mandated the creation and installation of a controllable “V-chip” that can block objectionable programs in all new TV sets by the year 2000. Nearly five years after the law took effect, a study shows that an underwhelming 15% of parents actually use the chip, even though the outrage over programming continues unabated. Interestingly, the same study revealed that most parents who want program content policed don’t see any need to regulate the advertising aimed at children.