Freedom of Speech? not if it’s up to the FCC
In a press release today the FCC announced that it will take enforcement measures against 50 TV programs:
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released decisions resolving over 300,000 consumer complaints about the broadcast of indecent, profane, and/or obscene television programming. In these decisions, the Commission addresses complaints about nearly 50 television programs broadcast between February 2002 and March 2005. The decisions respond to the public’s growing concern about the content of television programming. At the same time, they provide further information for broadcasters about the kinds of material that are and are not prohibited under the FCC’s indecency and profanity standards.
It makes you wonder in what way are we better then Yemen. Is the difference in the measure taken is a real difference or a nuance?
It is interesting to see the deterioration in the government limiting human rights. Starting from the decision that the Government (through the FCC) should control the distribution of the air waves as a scarce source into controlling the content of what broadcast in private TV channels.
And the FCC chairman announced in a statement, which can be easily be embraced by the Iranian regime:
No tag for this post.I believe the Commission has a legal responsibility to respond to them and resolve them in a consistent and effective manner. So I am pleased that with the decisions released today the Commission is resolving hundreds of thousands of complaints against various broadcast licensees related to their televising of 49 different programs. These decisions, taken both individually and as a whole, demonstrate the Commission’s continued commitment to enforcing the law prohibiting the airing of obscene, indecent and profane material.
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By the way, I heard that they are going to change it to Federal Censorship Commission.
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<li>It ls even less than 1% because it is over time</li>
<li>I love your new name change to the FCC and going to adopt it :)</li>
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