As the FCC becomes increasingly aggressive in hitting television broadcasters with indecency violations, the broadcast networks, or so it appears, are beginning to fight back. The four leading broadcast networks and their affiliates have filed court challenges to a March 15 decision by the Commission that several programs were found to be indecent because of language.
The legal challenge comes on the heels of increasing FCC enforcement of what many believe are vague indecency rules — the most recent high-profile case came when the FCC fined CBS affiliates for airing an episode of “Without a Trace” that contained a teen sex scene that the Commission thought crossed the line. That particular scene contained no nudity or other material that has clearly brought down the FCC’s wrath in the past, leaving programmers puzzled as to what the ground-rules are.
Cynthia Brumfield at 12:16 PM|Comments(1)
It's a shame that the media companies should have to file these lawsuits, considering the fact that Americans already have the information and tools necessary to block any content they don't want to see on their TV sets.
Check out TV Watch, at www.televisionwatch.org, for a voice of reason and balance in this debate.
Posted by: PN777 at April 20, 2006 5:39 PM
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