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Attempt to Apply Decency Standards to Cable/Satellite Television

Posted by Zonk on from the i'm-paying-for-my-klingons-dangit dept.

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.

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  1. contradiction by randyest · · Score: 4, Informative
    "There has to be some standard of decency," he said. But he also cautioned that "No one wants censorship."
    Does not compute. Let's step through this, shall we:
    • There must be decency.
    • There must be some person(s) given the task to decide what is decent and what isn't.
    • Those given that task will be government officials/bureaucrats.
    • Whatever those persons deem not decent should not be shown on CATV or played on satellite radio.
    • The not decent material will not be shown/played based on the decisions of the government officials.
    How is that not censorship?
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    everything in moderation
  2. Call the Senator and tell him how you feel. by UEinSD · · Score: 5, Informative

    Do something about it. If every Slashdot member calls the Senator, believe me, they will get the message.

    His webpage is here: http://stevens.senate.gov/ and his phone number is (202) 224-3004.

    Do it now. Kill this crap in the bud. You only earn the right to rant and rave if you pick up the phone, send an email, or write a letter. If not, then keep quiet (no more whining to Slashdot), since that's what they want you to do.

  3. Re:Opie and Anthony on XM Radio by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 4, Informative

    I used to listen to Opie and Anthony back when they were on FM radio. It was OK, but Howard Stern was much funnier (just not on in the afternoon).

    Then a couple months ago I subscribed to a free trial of XM radio, and I once again listened to Opie and Anthony. The program absolutely sucked. Howard Stern has gone somewhat downhill in the last few years too, but O&A was complete crap, it was like they were just being obnoxious for the sake of being obnoxious.

    I think Stern will probably get better when uncensored, but I think that's 'cause he's got more to his show than just being offensive.