FCC Settles Censorship Claims with ClearChannel

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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Thanks

[Anonymous Coward]

Thanks Slashdot once again for telling me what to think. I had many opinions and was unsure, but your biased editorial troll of an article helped resolve any confusion I had.

What would I do without Slashdot?

Interesting censorship test.

[Anonymous Coward]

How many here would NOT be outraged if I started jacking off in front of your children. Surely you would champion my right to free expression, eh?

Or would your hypocrisy show?

Re:We've gotta get over this.

[User 956]

Yeah, maybe we need to stop worry about "decency" and start worrying about "individual responsibility".

But then, that runs counter to Christianity, which teaches that everyone should act like whiny little babies who need the 'holy father' to clean up their mess when they make a mistake.

Re:We've gotta get over this.

[slusich]

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

Clear Channel thinks the FCC is right

[Facekhan]

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.

Re:FedSpeak 101

[Anonymous Coward]

No, I'm fairly certain people have shown that they're just as incapable of doing that as the government is.

If you are an American than I am absolutely certain that you are just adding to the shit that is pouring out of conservative America.

Yes, let's fight the war against the terrorists that spit on us for our indecent ways but let's become just as conservative and right-winged as they are.

That attitude sickens me as an American who USED to have the freedom under the Constitution and who is now left with a broken country led by people who believe that God controls our destiny and we must appease him with good faith and no cursing.

To that I say FUCK YOU.