Attempt to Apply Decency Standards to Cable/Satellite Television

bigtallmofo writes "Reuters is reporting that Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (Senator from Alaska) is pushing for decency standards to apply to cable television and subscription satellite TV and radio. You may recall Senator Stevens for voting against a measure to criticize the FCC in 2003 for loosening its broadcast ownership restrictions. Maybe he thinks profanity provides an unfair advantage to his broadcast-company constituents?" We touched on this last year, in the attempt to apply decency standards to satellite radio.

Comments

Re:Go all the way

[ThomasFlip]

Books are typically associated with intelligent people. You shouldn't have worry about Republicans getting involved, they might have to read them first !

Re:Easy solution - some standards

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

Bastards. Fuck that shit. I'm on-goddamn'd-line!

Keep your hands off

[ThatDamnMurphyGuy]

First, the FCC needs to keep their fucking hands off of services I pay for. No one is forced to pay for cable or satellite tv or satellite radio.

Second, parent your fucking children. Don't make the government do it. Don't tell me what I can or can't see or hear. That's my choice. If you want to 'protect the children', start with your own by turning the channel.

Re:Do as we do in Europe:

[t_allardyce]

Yeah Germany never did fit in with the rest of Europe, that sort of thing is blaitently a violation of EU human rights and personally i'd like to see them kicked out of the union until they can fucking grow up.