Read a Nov. 15, 2004, Christian Science Monitor article on how past elections have influenced the culture wars.

Read a Dec. 4, 2004, ABC News article that asked whether the FCC’s crackdown on TV standards was a result of the views of the majority of Americans or just a vocal minority.

Michael B. Keegan is president of People for the American Way, which fights against censorship.

The National Coalition Against Censorship fights censorship in many places, including television. Joan Bertin is executive director.

Susan N. Herman is president of the American Civil Liberties Union, which works to promote First Amendment freedoms and prevent censorship.

Gene Policinski is senior vice president and executive director of the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. The center offers comprehensive research of key First Amendment issues and topics.

Barbara Weinstein is director of the Commission on Social Action of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in Washington, D.C. One of the organization’s missions is to support First Amendment rights.

From 1978 to 2012, Andrew Jay Schwartzman was senior vice president and policy director of the Media Access Project, a nonprofit, public-interest law firm that represented listeners’ and speakers’ interests before the FCC.  He is an attorney and consultant who specializes in media and telecommunications policy. He is now an adjunct faculty member at Johns Hopkins University. […]

James Steyer is the founder of Common Sense Media, a politically neutral San Francisco-based group that offers information to help parents make good choices for their families. Media contacts are Amber Whiteside and Crista Sumanik.