Editing MTV (section)

=== Moral criticism ===
In 2005, the [[Parents Television Council]] (PTC) released a study titled "MTV Smut Peddlers", which sought to expose excessive sexual, profane, and violent content on the channel, based on MTV's spring break programming from 2004.<ref>{{cite web|last=Williams |first=Casey |title=MTV Smut Peddlers: Targeting Kids with Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol |work=ParentsTV.org |publisher=Parents Television Council |date=February 1, 2005 |url=http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/reports/mtv2005/MTV_Report.pdf |access-date=May 19, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217064113/http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/reports/mtv2005/MTV_Report.pdf |archive-date=February 17, 2007  }}</ref> Jeanette Kedas, an MTV network executive, called the PTC report "unfair and inaccurate" and "underestimating young people's intellect and level of sophistication", while [[L. Brent Bozell III]], then-president of the PTC, stated: "the incessant sleaze on MTV presents the most compelling case yet for consumer cable choice", referring to the practice of pay television companies to allow consumers to pay for channels ''[[à la carte]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Study: MTV delivers a diet of sleaze|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-02-02-mtv-watchdog-study_x.htm|work=USA Today|agency=Associated Press|date=February 2, 2005|access-date=May 24, 2008|archive-date=June 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628124725/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-02-02-mtv-watchdog-study_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2008, PTC released ''The Rap on Rap'', a study covering hip-hop and R&B music videos rotated on programs ''[[106 & Park]]'' and ''[[Rap City]]'', both shown on [[BET]], and ''[[Sucker Free]]'' on MTV. PTC urged advertisers to withdraw sponsorship of those programs, whose videos PTC stated targeted children and teenagers containing adult content.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Moss|first1=Linda|last2=Umstead|first2=R. Thomas|title=PTC Puts a Bad 'Rap' On BET, MTV|url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/132804-PTC_Puts_A_Bad_Rap_On_BET_MTV.php|work=Multichannel news|date=April 10, 2008|access-date=August 26, 2008|archive-date=September 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902013318/http://www.multichannel.com/article/132804-PTC_Puts_A_Bad_Rap_On_BET_MTV.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Crupi|first=Anthony|title=PTC Blasts MTV, BET|url=http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/media_agencies/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003788641|work=Mediaweek|date=April 10, 2008|access-date=August 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422053803/http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/media_agencies/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003788641|archive-date=April 22, 2008}}</ref>