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PBS Feels FCC Chill On Censorship
Shadow Wrought writes "The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting on PBS censoring one of its upcoming drama shows, Cop Shop, due to the chilling effect of the most recent FCC rulings on indecency. Star Richard Dreyfuss offered these choice words as part of a prepared statement, 'It is inescapably censorship under guidelines imposed after the fact by those who are in temporary political power, and so it should be treated as what it is -- a real-world moral and ethical battle with grimly wrongheaded, un-American types who play pick and choose when they define our freedoms of speech and religion as it fits their particular political needs.'"
Not if they can help it! The US presidential election, evidently, is optional
"She's a scientist and a lesbian. She's not going to let it slide." Orphan Black
Well, to be fair, we're only#17 in terms of media freedom. Of course, that's out of 139. While I'd rather we be up there with Finland, I'm just glad we're not down there anywhere from Israel (#92) to North Korea (dead last at #139).
"If there was an antonym to 'Elon Musk', it would be 'Richard Branson'."
Why is that the BBC can get away with accurately reporting what the Vice President said on the Senate floor while american news sources had to keep us guessing with abbreviations?
Just to be clear, CPB (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) gets less than 20% of its funding from state, local, and federal government combined. So yes, it is government-funded, but not as much as it is publically-funded (25%).
Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology; Ain't got time to make no apology
You have to understand why Cheney used the expletive. Sen. Leahy is the leak for several key intelligence findings. The intelligence committee had to disband for several months because of Leahy.
Leahy has been relentless in his attacks. Recently, he blamed the intelligence failures on President Bush while the senate committed determined in a bipartisan manner that the failures had nothing to do with the president, and everything to do with practices at the CIA.
Leahy has been a thorn in the administration's side because he keeps spreading false rumors and unsubstantiable claims. It is rumored that Sen. Leahy said something to Cheney before Cheney's outburst.
If anybody is responsible for the degrading tone of politics, it is obviously Leahy. This still does not excuse Cheney's outburst.
The radical sect of Islam would either see you dead or "reverted" to Islam.
That is actually an older article (2002). Here is a link to a newer report, dated 2003. Interestingly enough, the US slipped from 17th place in 2002 to 31st place, tied with Greece, in 2003...
Not precisely. In fact, "The very structure of the investigation... necessarily pushed any discussion of the administration's responsibility for or role in the debacle back until after the November election."
True. According to The Washington Times, the conversaiton went something like this:
Cheney: "Hey, Leahy. How about you lay off accusing me of impropriety with the Halliburton contracts?"
Leahy: "Hey, I've got an idea. How about you stop calling me a bad Catholic?"
Cheney: "Go fuck yourself."
Wow. I can certainly see how Cheney would be unable to contain his righteous anger after such an exchange.
The Federalist Papers, the DoI, and the Bible, while very important documents, do not have the force of law in this country. The Constitution, however, does. In God We Trust isn't a Christian saying, rather it was an anti-godless-Communism, McCarthy-era addition to our currency.
Christianity is not now, nor has ever been, a requirement for citizenship in the USA.
And I'd like to quote:
When have we NOT held that public nudity and swearing in public are a bad thing?
No argument there.
Especially on the broadcast airwaves? When have we EVER allowed it?
Before 1978, when the Supreme Court found that the government had the right to regulate the obscene material in broadcasting.
What recent censorship acts in general lead you to believe that these things are following a political trend?
It is not speak out or be imprisioned, but their is a trend emerging:
1) Former U.S. Park Police Chief Teresa Chambers fired for arguing for adequate funding for the Park Police.
2) Richard Clarke, former White House counterterrorism coordinator, smeared for speaking against the adminstration's terrorism policies.
3) Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill accused of leaking Top Secret Documents after critisizing the Bush adminstration (also, forced to resign for speaking out against economic policies).
4) Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame is outed by Robert Novak after Wilson publicly refutes the adminstration's African uranium claims.
5) The Bush administration is still packing scientific advisory panels with ideologues and is imposing strict controls on researchers who want to share ideas with colleagues in other countries.
6) President Bush excludes countries that did not support the U.S. pre-emptive war on Iraq to stop proliferation of WMDs.
I am living proof of the Peter Principle