Common Sense Media Toasts the Best and Roasts the Worst in Kids and Family Entertainment

Common Sense Media Toasts the Best and Roasts the Worst in Kids and Family Entertainment

Pixar's Incredibles, Raven-Symone, Amy Tan, Tollin-Robbins Productions Celebrated; MTV, Erectile Dysfunction Ads, Grand Theft Auto Claim Golden Garbage Can Awards

SAN FRANCISCO, April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to help kids and families navigate increasingly turbulent media waters, Common Sense Media, the leading non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to improving kids' media lives, will celebrate the best and worst in kids' media at its second annual awards event to be held this evening at a gala benefit in San Francisco.

"These awards honor those artists and companies who prove that media can be entertaining and age appropriate and they shame those who target our kids with inappropriate content," says Jim Steyer, CEO and Founder of Common Sense Media. "More than a million parents, grandparents, educators and kids have relied on our reviews and ratings to guide them in choosing the media that's right for their kids and their families. They trust us because we offer them good common sense information and we believe in media sanity, not censorship."

Common Sense Media's information is currently available both through the organization's website (www.commonsensemedia.org) and through AOL, Johnson&Johnson's Baby Center and will soon be syndicated through Netflix and the Associated Press among other print and online media partners.

2005 Common Sense Media Winners:

Movie: Pixar's The Incredibles TV Show: Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat Music: Raven-Symone Video Game: Konami's, Dance Dance Revolution Website: Oracle's ThinkQuest Book: Andrew Clements, The Last Holiday Concert Outstanding Contribution to Kids' Entertainment: Tollin/Robbins Productions

2005 Common Sense Media Losers, The Golden Garbage Can Awards: Gratuitous Violence: Rockstar Games & Take Two Interactive's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Shameless Commercialism -- Erectile Dysfunction Ads Oversexed Entertainment & Lifetime Lack of Achievement: MTV

About Common Sense

Common Sense Media is the leading non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to improving kids' media lives. Common Sense provides trustworthy, easy to use information about kids' media -- including detailed reviews and ratings online, news and research, media literacy tools, and parenting tips -- enabling parents and educators to make informed decisions about the media their children consume.

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