Standards for Commercials Needed

Watching a Dodger game on television is supposed to be a family treat. Yet the games televised on KTTV are loaded with commercials for Fox’s most violent offerings. Thus, on June 19 there was a commercial for “America’s Most Wanted,” featuring one father who raped his daughter and another who murdered his son. Seven minutes after that there was an ad for “Code 3,” showing a man being kicked and beaten by a mob. Eight minutes after that, the fathers were back.

If there are no limits to what this network and station will do for greed, it is up to the Dodgers to insist on standards.

Dr. Charles Leinenweber, Los Angeles