Influencing TV
Richard Mahler’s “The New Power of TV Advertisers” (May 6) described the growing influence that Christian Leaders for Responsible Television (CLeaR-TV) is gaining with TV advertisers. This frightens me far more than any of the junk on the air.
I strongly object to clergymen of a religion that is not my own trying to dictate what I will be able to watch by pressuring TV advertisers not to sponsor certain shows. I hope that both the broadcasters and the companies mentioned in the article recognize that CLeaR-TV does not speak for all Christians.
More important, I hope they realize that not all TV viewers and not all customers for their products are Christians. Some of us are Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists or Bahais. I think even atheists watch TV and buy cars.
DAVID E. ROSS
Agoura
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