Parent_01
Oct 20 2009, 10:37 AM
I was shocked to see that USA Netwrok allowed such a blatant promotion of drug use on the 10/19 show. Snoop Dog was the host and was very clear that he was telling everyone to relax they were going to smoke dope. It was very clear what was happening and the network allowed this to be shown to all. It is hard enough to keep kids from trying/using drugs from the peer pressure at school. Now what I thought was a responsible network has allowed the entertainers the kids are watching and admire to promote and accept as normal behavior the use of illegal substances. It is appalling, how dare you USA Network to allow this to air. The athletes who perform on this show are admired and imitated by the young people watching. You have done a great disservice to these professional athletes and the young people who watch. The sport is entertainment but the men wrestling are obviously incredibly trained athletes as well as showmen. Just look in the audience of any of WWE performance and you will see the large number young people watching. I was watching with a 16 year old and he was shocked as well at the obvious drug use. There are tens of thousands (if not more) impressionable young people watching every week and this is just entertainment but as a network you have a responsibility to uphold the decency expected in our society. The promotion of illegal drug use as acceptable behavior is beyond irresponsible and crosses the line to anti-American. There needs to be some sort of reply on WWE and the advertisements for WWE that drug use is not acceptable behavior. Those responsible for approving the airing of such content should be removed from a position of this importance.
FedoraWearer
Nov 14 2009, 08:54 PM
It was not a promotion of illegal drugs. People have always put rap and drugs together. If you watched the whole thing you'd realize that he didn't use drugs, he used candles to make a joke about the fact that people believe drugs are the first thing to happen in the rap world. It was a joke and NOT a promotion.