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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chris_ on July 13, 2010, 01:04:07 PM
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A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down the government's longstanding prohibition against indecency on broadcast television and radio, ruling that the policy was "unconstitutionally vague" and created a "chilling effect" that violated the 1st Amendment protection of free speech.
The ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York is a major victory for the broadcast TV networks, which jointly sued the Federal Communications Commission in 2006 in the wake of a tougher crackdown on indecency over the airwaves.
The suit stemmed from an FCC ruling in March 2006 that unscripted expletives uttered impromptu on live broadcasts, such as awards shows, violated indecency rules and were subject to fines.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-fcc-indecency-20100714,0,5995911.story
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Well, if the networks can show 0bama's face in prime time, then surely it is ok to say "We're ****ed" at the same time.
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The day after .....what's the bimbos name (runs off to Google), Lindsay Lohan was sentenced to jail,
Sheppard Smith had her father on his show. The father said "****er" on his show.
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I think that the language parts of the laws are outdated, anyways. You should hear the language that kids use in today's world. Every other word out of most of their mouths is an expletive of some sort. It's almost enough to make a Sailor blush. But, that's why most TV and radio shows run a 7 second delay. If Fox news or any other radio or TV station isn't managed well enough to do that, I'd be looking for another station manager.