&gt; Why are the creators of the show absolved of their personal responsibility regarding the impact of their actions?<p>Because they aren&#x27;t democratically elected public officials, they&#x27;re just making a TV show from private funding. And watching the TV show is optional.<p>&gt; If a company poisons the local reservoir with their chemical run-off, are they morally able to say, &quot;Well, they shouldn&#x27;t have drank that water. They knew they lived near a chemical plant.&quot;<p>That&#x27;s a violation of environmental laws; how is this analogy applicable to a TV show? Would you propose to curtail the right to free speech? It&#x27;s a TV show, not real life.