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FCC Looks Into Regulating Violence on TV

Posted by simoniker on from the biff-bam-pow dept.

The Importance of writes "The FCC's regulation of indecent and profane speech has gotten a lot of attention recently. Now, the FCC is considering getting into the business of regulating violence on television (broadcast and cable/satellite). This isn't unexpected, because the House Commerce Committee ordered the FCC to conduct the study. Notice of Inquiry [PDF] [TXT]. Somehow, I don't think the FCC is going to tell Congress there is nothing they can do about violence on TV."

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  1. I agree with the FCC... by havaloc · · Score: 5, Funny

    there isn't enough violence for me and we need to regulate it to get more.

  2. Regulation? by Carnildo · · Score: 4, Funny


    I'll shoot the next guy who tries to tell me that violence on TV is a bad thing!

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    "They redundantly repeated themselves over and over again incessantly without end ad infinitum" -- ibid.
  3. Oh god by Trikenstein · · Score: 5, Funny
    I can see it now.

    It'll be like 80's TV all over again.
    Like the A-Team, where they expend 10K rounds of ammo, but no one ever gets hurt.
    Or during a fist fight or HtH combat, the guys always land on soft cardboard.
    And those god awful wimpy, mustache twirling, limp wristed villains they had back then.

    1. Re:Oh god by Triumph+The+Insult+C · · Score: 5, Funny

      you got a problem with the A-Team fool?

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      vodka, straight up, thank you!
  4. Re:I'd trade violence for sex on TV anyday ... by Denyer · · Score: 4, Funny
    i read some email that was sent to CNN from a concerned mother who stated that her child's life will now forever be changed because of that scene.

    I assume she either never breastfed (in itself lacking wisdom) or is simply a fucking hypocrite.

    Come to think of it, families are evidence of sex. Perhaps we should ban those on TV, too.

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    Ph-nglui mglw'nafh Gates M'dna wgah'nagl fhtagn.
  5. Re:Equalising... by Izago909 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You are forgetting that America was founded by prudes. For Gods sake, the Brittish thought they were too uptight.