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Lone Activist Group Submits 99.8% of FCC Complaints
andywebz writes "Mediaweek is reporting that complaints to the FCC are rising. Powell spoke before congress, detailing that the complaints are up from 14,000 in 2002, to nearly 240,000 in 2003. There were only 350 complaints during 2000 and 2001. Powell failed to mention however that 99.8% of those complaints came from PTC (Parents Television Council). The article does mention he may have been unaware of this fact. Jonathan Rintels (president of the Center for Creative Voices in Media) commented, 'It means that really a tiny minority with a very focused political agenda is trying to censor American television and radio.'"
This small group of complainers can then easily be taken out by a small group of assassins... There must be a reason this has not been done yet, but I cannot think of any.
- Your stupidity got you into this mess, why can't it get you out? -Will Rogers
You mean all I have to do is write 240,000 complaints to the FCC and I can control what goes on television and radio? I can write a script to do that in about an hour.
Producers of the biased, left-wing Today show - fear me.
M
I was thinking the same thing. When ever they air a show like "Desperate Housewives" (Never watched, don't care) I'll send them a message for airing the show. Same thing for South Park. And everything that the fanatical might find kinda offensive.... yes I will have no more life, might not even be able to watch TV because I am sending so many "Thank you notes",that I will have to hiring someone in India to watch TV for me.
"This is you left and that's your left. This is your right and that's your right. You're gonna die!
Too late, I saw Janet Jacksons tit before I could reach for the plug! Ohh make that mental image go away!!!
"Why not just grow a spine and keep your brat kids from watching inappropriate material?"
Why not?
Because that is America; your 'brat kids' could well pull out a glock and pump some caps in yo ass.
In the free world the media isn't government run; the government is media run.
This is America. We are supposed to be an example of victimization to the world. We should have a varied landscape of whiners, a multicultural panoply of complainers petitioning the FCC. But we have just this one group. Shame on you America.
This letter is in regard to your recent complaint to the FCC regarding whatever show you think your child should not be watching.
We would like to inform you, in response to your concern, a device will be installed in all television sets that will allow you to control the content. It is called the OFF button.
We would like to mention that this device has been shipping standard with all television sets since the beginning of TV. We apologize if this was not obvious enough for you.
If you should have any other concerns or complaints then, seriously, fuck you. Use the button.
Sincerely,
The FCC
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For the children.
Go on, say it.
For the children.
Anything you want changed, just claim that its for the children. There's a big percentage of adults in this country that have kids. Most of these people are die-hard parents.
Their own children can do no wrong, are perfect angels, etc. Its easy to see where you could get something changed if you said for the children, because if you didn't approve, you're automatically against the children.
We all know that anyone against children is a terrorist. Are you a terrorist?
That's the same kind of shit these people pull.
Job? I don't have time to get a job! Who will sit around and bitch about being broke and unemployed then?
How exactly do you pronounce f*ck? Is it anything like fuck? If so, how fucking dare you. There might be fucking children watching, fucker. Watch your fucking mouth!
I think they should change their motto to:
;-)
Because we're not watching our children.
Maybe some civic-minded Slashdotter will read your post and change it for them...
Ahem. Nevermind. Forget I said that.
-Chris
San Francisco values: compassion, tolerance, respect, intelligence
Hmmm..
Mod me up... for the children.
(Is it working yet? Is this thing on?)
Get your terminology right. You do not pump caps into asses, you pump lead. Caps, vis a vis asses, are either busted, or poped.
Eg: "Imma bust a cap in yo ass" = correct
"Imma pump yo ass fulla lead" = correct
"Imma pump a cap in yo ass" = incorrect
What are they teaching in school these days, anyways?
ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI
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Huh? Where do you think we got the idea of stickin' Tab A into Slot B from in the first place? Why, the filthy TV, of course!
(But thank God that Mom and Dad only had access to the old filthy TV. With the new filthy TV (24/7 reruns of Queer Eye and Ellen), why, our Moms and Dads would have just sat there lookin' confused 'n' stuff, and we wouldn't even EXIST!)
Why not get the real ultimate power?
I wonder who's gonna be the first one to sign them up for all those pr0n video catalog solicitations? ;-)
Parents Television Council
707 Wilshire Boulevard #2075
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: 213.629.9255
Email: editor@parentstv.org
yes.
all the way.
...sometimes living in the netherlands isn't so bad really :)
Machine9dotNet
Could this be a new slashdot classic, for the children?
Soon we will be imagining a bewolf clusters of children (ala matrix)... & in Soviet Russian the children are for you (which might be true)...
god I hope that when the machines take over they aren't programmed by members of the PTC. Can you imagine the Matrix they would create. No one would ever have any sex... wait a minute... has anyone here on slashdot ever had any sex?
No kidding. I was watching late night TV in Germany and saw a couple having sex. The female was completely naked. But the best part was the little NBC peacock logo (with the letters NBC) in the lower right corner. I really wished I had a VCR so I could send it to the FCC and cause some higgledy-piggledy.
perhaps you Americans could make some crazy use of the Patriot Act.... :)
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"And a voice was screaming: 'Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals?'" - HST
"I remember being startled later when they finally aired that movie with "bitch" in the clear. Now "bitch" is being censored again."
Maybe because the second time they realized that the alien was female (and thusly indeed a "bitch")?
Good comments all around though.
Powell failed to mention however that 99.8% of those complaints came from PTC (Parents Television Council).
MOD PARENTS DOWN!
But 100% of the complaints about the PTC come from Cowboy Neal.
Just once it would be nice to read slashdot commentary without some kind of political bashing.
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Wait, are you one of those right-wing nutjobs who thinks that things can actually be solved through market activism rather than crying to the government to hold our hands? You people make me sick.
Another one bites the dust
The Herbal Essence Commercial is a 30 second spot having a woman recieving a "fully organic experience" from her shampoo, complete with a screaming organsim. Now, Explain a screaming organsim to a 5 year old.
Food not Bombs is a nice platitude but it breaks down when you notice that the Bombees are usually well fed