Parents Television Council Expresses Outrage Over Howard Stern Hiring

According to digitalspy.com, the Parents Television Council is expressing outrage at today's announcement by NBC that shock jock Howard Stern has been hired as the newest judge on the talent competition AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.  

In a statement to TMZ, the Council declared that the hiring was an "act of desperation for a flailing network" and describEd Stern as "a performer who is synonymous with shock, profanity and obscenity." 

The PTC began to campaign against Stern's hiring back in November when rumors of his interest in taking over for judge Piers Morgan began to circulate.  PTC president Tim Winter predicted,  "The once-proud broadcast network [NBC] has lost its way and has made it clear it holds no concern whatsoever for children and families.

Stern will begin his new judging position for 'America's Got Talent' when the show returns to NBC in the summer of 2012.

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