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FCC Settles Censorship Claims with ClearChannel

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the followup-to-this dept.

The Importance of writes "Earlier this week Slashdot debated whether the FCC should be abolished. One of the reasons many think the FCC should go away is because of censorship. Well, yesterday, the FCC settled all existing censorship investigations with Clear Channel for $1.75M and a promise to be better in the future, such as by firing DJs for their first offense. Clear Channel also plead guilty to violating indecency standards, but no one is saying what, exactly they said that was wrong. On the other hand, the FCC seems to have forgotten that they decided a couple of months ago to regulate profanity in addition to indecency. In other FCC news, they've posted the internet section of the FCC History Project."

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  1. Re:We've gotta get over this. by slusich · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yep. If only the romans would've had more lions... ;)

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  2. Clear Channel thinks the FCC is right by Facekhan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Clear Channel is owned by right-wingers who agree that the FCC should censor Radio. The top people in Clear Channel agree with the fines. It gives them an excuse to force out all the liberal leaning shock jocks that they syndicate on their stations and only let well dressed old white male conservatives on the radio.

    You would think that Powell the General would be more likely to turn the country into a military police state but its really Powell jr. the Chairman of the Directorate for Truth and Decency in broadcasting that will bring about the neocon's hitlerian vision of a new America.

    The Bush Administration are as much Radical Religious Fundamentalists as Al-Queda and Taliban. They agree on everything except who should rule the world and how low the hemlines should be. Regular people don't care about who rules the world as long as nobody bothers them.