There seems to be a bit of a hoo-ha today about how some episodes of The Royle Family now have a warning before them on the iPlayer saying that they contain language that some viewers may find offensive. To some this is political correctness gone mad mollycoddling the woke snowflakes, or something...
To me, this is an entirely sensible thing. Putting content warnings at the start of a programme gives the viewer a bit of a heads up that there's something in the forthcoming programme that they may not like. Whether it's "may contain offensive language", "may contain scenes of a sexual nature", "may contain outdated views and opinions", or "may contain disturbing scenes of Mick Hucknall", or whatever, it is about informing viewers about what it to come.
It's not like they're removing these programmes (that's an entirely different, rather longer post I may write one day), they are still there. The caption doesn't change the programme.
And it's not like it's a new thing. Warnings like this have been appearing at the start of TV shows and films for ages. Decades, even. So to whip up fake outrage over this...? Really...? Haven't you got anything less boring to do...?
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