> character has bad idea [...] learns their lesson [...] Sitcom writers actually hold a tremendous place of responsibility in American society Seemingly not wi

> character has bad idea [...] learns their lesson [...] Sitcom writers actually hold a tremendous place of responsibility in American society Seemingly not widely known, is that sitcom scripts were for years often submitted to the office of the White House Drug Czar, for approval and negotiated revision. IIRC, the carrot was the show counting towards a station's public service broadcast time requirements? So a "90210" script containing drug use for instance, might be revised to reflect a list of requests, intended to present it more clearly as bad idea. As we now collectively design a censorship regime for more recent social tech, it might be interesting to see insightful non-narrow analysis of past regimes.