It looks obvious

At last the major TV networks start fighting the FCC’s decision to enforce fines due to violations of the decency act. I have to admit that I was somewhat surprised by the sudden courage of the networks, but I guess censored TV is not as successful as its competition on cables.

Link: Networks fighting back over indecency fines

Late last week, the networks filed lawsuits in federal appeals courts in Washington and New York to challenge indecency rulings against CBS, ABC and Fox involving coarse language. The rulings they are seeking to overturn involve obscenities that were used on the CBS news program "The Early Show," "Billboard Music Awards" on Fox and "NYPD Blue" on ABC. The networks maintained that many of the remarks that were found to have violated the indecency rules were blurted out spontaneously, although the ones at issue in "NYPD Blue" had been scripted.

 "The FCC overstepped its authority," the networks said in a joint statement Friday, "in an attempt to regulate content protected by the First Amendment, acted arbitrary and failed to provide broadcasters with a clear and consistent standard for determining what content the government intends to penalize."