If you’re worried that American culture is slouching toward Gommorah, you’ll want to visit the FCC’s new site here. As reported in this article, the FCC’s new site answers questions on several topics, ranging from how a consumer can determine the status of a complaint he or she filed to what makes material obscene, indecent or profane.
Or you could simply turn the station.
Did You Know: “The FCC warns broadcasters that, depending on the context, it considers the ‘F-word’ and those words (or variants thereof) that are as highly offensive as the ‘F-word’ to be ‘profane language’ that cannot be broadcast between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.” Uproar over sounds uttered by potty mouths, especially sounds such as the “F word,” has always intrigued me. I’m sure that Klingon is offensive to some. But something about the “F word” galvanizes a base to censor it.
This brings to mind a memorable motion to dismiss. The motion was filed by an industrious public defender whose client (a young student) was prosecuted for dropping an F-bomb on his assistant principal. (Thanks to The Smoking Gun for the f!#$’n motion.)
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