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PBS Feels FCC Chill On Censorship

Posted by simoniker on from the watch-out-for-that-shark dept.

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.'"

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  1. GNAA j00 fristage postage is mine by GNAA+Goat-See · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    GNAA Announces Victory over Apple Community
    GNAA Announces Victory over Apple Community

    San Francisco, California - Just three days after being the first in the world to leak photos of Apple's upcoming revision to MacOS X, version 10.4, Steve Jobs announced to the world facts about the new Operating System consistent with information leaked by elite GNAA operator Gary Niger and prospective member Ron Delsner.

    "We've pulled it off!", noted Niger during Jobs' announcement at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. "The GNAA plan was clever from the start with this one I think. When we received our leaked copy of the OS, we knew that by releasing only partial information and some screenshots, the association people would make with the GNAA would lead them to believe the screenshots were fake. Now that Steve 'Rim' Jobs has verified everything we leaked, we have managed to fool the entire Mac community. In essense, a few hundred thousand people have been trolled, a few hundred thousand people have lost. Though I do wish they have a nice day"

    "I don't think it could have worked out any better; Every single one of the features shown in our screenshots, particularly Dashboard, which everybody called as fake, was demoed by Jobs. This is my revenge for being beat up on the rent", quoted Ron Delsner on being approached by reporters. "I've been wanting to join the Gay Nigger Association of America for quite some time, and knew that I help pull off something big if they were to let me in."

    Delsner was right, as upon hearing this, Gary Niger immediately produced a vial of what he called the "Holy Gay Nigger Seed" from his front pocket, and asked Ron to kneel, at which time the Seed was poured upon Ron's head, making him an official member of the GNAA. Noticing the television cameras present in the press room, Gary cited that this was in fact the first televised induction of a member into the GNAA.

    "But back to the troll", Niger said quickly after. "I had a sneaking suspicion that the homosexual caucasians of the Mac community would feel threatened by the GNAA's massive nigger cocks and immediately cast doubts upon any screenshots we produced for them. I saw this as an opportunity to troll hundreds of thousands of people. It just goes to show that GNAA is greater than j00, and that fristage postage is mine."

    And Niger certainly did not fail it, as can be seen from the following excerpts taken from various Internet website's covering the leak:

    ThinkSecret.com - "In fact, it was the source that led many users to call the shots fake; the information in that story, as well as this one, was provided by Gary Niger and Ron Delsner of the GNAA, an organization that deals in crapfloods and Slashdot trolling."

    AppleInsider.com - "Enjoy the photoshop work. I seriously don't think Apple would be so crazy to use those jargons."

    MacRumors.com - "Hmm... Information by "Gary Niger" of GNAA. Sounds too stupid to be true. And that dashboard thing? Hogwash me thinks ..."

    MacRumors.com - "I immediately thought of them when I saw "GNAA". Anyone who reads Slashdot would be familiar with them - they put big spam posts everywhere. Yes, and it doesn't surprise me. I don't think the screenshots are real (at least not the Dashboard ones), but I have no trouble believing the PDF."

    Kim Kap Sol on AppleInsider.com said "I can guarantee those are fake." He then continued by saying "Hello I R Korea KEKEKEKE OMG ZERG RUSH GOGOGOGO ^_^"

    Gary's reply to this was "Way to make a complete idiot of yourself you dog-eating douchebag."

    Steve Jobs was unavailable for comment immediately following the keynote address, though WWDC attendee and GNAA member Porfa noticed "A cute wiggle in Jobs' ass as he walked away."

    About Apple

    Apple Computer is the creator of the Macintosh, popularly known as the "gay computer". 87% of GNAA members are Mac users. Founded in 1974 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Apple was nearly o

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  3. here's what you can do by squarefish · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    for your country

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  4. Re:Here we go .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I wish I grew up to be Howard Stern. Then I wouldn't be eating oatmeal for breakfast.

  5. Re:Here we go .... by tcopeland · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    > modded down as flamebait!

    Yup. 'Tis ironic indeed.

    And my parent post is now "Overrated". In the immortal words of Bill the Cat, ack-pth.

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  6. please mode parent up Re:Temporary Power? by spoonyfork · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How about an emergency plan to make sure that in case of attack, the elections continue as scheduled. That sounds like a stronger message to send.

    someone please mod parent post up

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  7. Re:Where are the lies? by NZheretic · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    However, Hitchens would love to disagree with you and the propagandist Moore.

    Hitchens states:
    1) The Bin Laden family (if not exactly Osama himself) had a close if convoluted business relationship with the Bush family, through the Carlyle Group.

    Fahrenheit 9/11 Notes + Sources:
    FAHRENHEIT 9/11 : Bushs good friend James Bath was hired by the bin Laden family to manage their money in Texas and invest in businesses. And James Bath himself, in turn, invested in George W. Bush.

    • Baths business relationship with Salem bin Laden, and other wealthy Saudi businessmen, has been well documented. See, e.g., Mike Ward, Bin Laden Relatives Have Ties to Texas, Austin American-Statesman, November 9, 2001; Jerry Urban, Feds Investigate Entrepreneur Allegedly Tied to Saudis, Houston Chronicle, June 4, 1992; Thomas Petzinger Jr., et al., Family Ties: How Oil Firm Linked to a Son of Bush Won Bahrain Drilling Pact, The Wall Street Journal, December 6, 1991.
    • [E]arly 1980s tax records reviewed by TIME show that Bath invested $50,000 in Bush's energy ventures and remained a stockholder until Bush sold his company to Harken in 1986. Jonathan Beaty, A Mysterious Mover of Money and Planes, Time Magazine, October 28, 1991.

    FAHRENHEIT 9/11 : Bush ran Arbusto nearly into the ground, as he did every other company he was involved in until finally one of his companies was bought by Harken Energy and they gave him a seat on their board.

    • Bush's name was to help rescue him, just as it had attracted investors and helped revive his flagging fortunes throughout his years in the dusty plains city of Midland. A big Dallas-based firm, Harken Oil and Gas, was looking to buy up troubled oil companies. After finding Spectrum, Harken's executives saw a bonus in their target's CEO, despite his spotty track record. By the end of September 1986, the deal was done. Harken assumed $ 3.1 million in debts and swapped $ 2.2 million of its stock for a company that was hemorrhaging money, though it had oil and gas reserves projected to produce $ 4 million in future net revenue. Harken, a firm that liked to attach itself to stars, had also acquired Bush, whom it used not as an operating manager but as a high-profile board member. It was one of the biggest breaks of Bush's life. Still, the Harken deal completed a disappointing reprise of what was becoming a familiar pattern. As an oilman, Bush always worked hard, winning a reputation as a straight-shooter and a good boss who was witty, warm and immensely likable. Even the investors who lost money in his ventures remained admirers, and some of them are now raising money for his presidential campaign. But the story of Bush's career in oil, which began following his graduation from Harvard Business School in the su
  8. META-MODERATORS PLEASE NOTE by Elias+Israel · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I dispute the "flame bait" mod to the post above. This is not a "troll" post, but a legitimate part of this discussion.

    After all, if it's flame-bait, how come no one flamed?

  9. Re:MOD PARENT UP and die! by proj_2501 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    insightful? for using the word "sheeple"? come on, that's like using "M$" in a serious conversation.

  10. Re:"e" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please mod down this entire off-topic thread. There are important issues here and you're arguing about [[censored]] punctation?