Graves has defended the Administration's rating system against critics who accuse it of being too lenient toward violence, saying that when the MPAA surveys parents, "What we find with the violence category is that they think they're getting correct information from us."
The MPAA's grading system has been supported by Graves against critics who accuse it of being overly tolerant of violence, as he asserts that when parents are polled, they assume they obtain precise information from the organization.