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FCC Levies Record Indecency Fine
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "The FCC proposed a record $3.6 million fine against a single TV show, penalizing CBS and its affiliates for an episode of 'Without a Trace' that suggested a teenage sexual orgy, in the first batch of indecency fines proposed in more than a year, the Wall Street Journal reports. 'Overall, the FCC's action didn't provide a broad sweeping vision for broadcasters about what is appropriate for television,' the WSJ says. 'Notably, the FCC backed away from an effort to impose higher fines by holding all network affiliates responsible for a broadcast, instead of just the stations that had been flagged by a viewer in a complaint.'"
... except to divorce lawyers. To them, it's a cash crop.
Hi, I only watched several sets of "Faces of death", is watching it in real life just as good? Btw, I believe the scene where they torxh a pig is the best!
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i've seen some of the worst, stupidest comments on this story.
while slashdotters know so much about technology, they sure don't know diddly about pretty much anything else!
#1 Anyone who's seen the clip knows it's not appropriate for prime time television.
#2 Anyone who follows all the crap CBS does to get viewers knows that this segment of this show is just another segment of trying to stay the "most watched network" by using the classic "sex sells" method of marketing. After the Superbowl, the forged documents, and now this, it should be pretty obvious that CBS deserves every cent of fines it's getting. Make some QUALITY TV and QUALITY STORYLINES instead of just throwing in random boobies for some cheap ratings.
#3 Bush != FCC. So just stop. Blaming Bush for every problem in the world only makes you sound like a complete vagina.
#4 It's not just "right-wingers", it's everyone with small kids who likes to watch TV during primetime.
#5 And what the hell is so wrong with the "right wing" organizations who complain about this stuff? All of a sudden when left-wing organizations like the ACLU complain about stuff they are doing it for our "civil liberties" that people like...hmmm...."BUSH IS TAKING OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES!!! OMG!!111"
Is it too much to ask that broadcast television be decent? Why do we have to hold our media to such low standards?
There was a reason that before now we didn't have all these problems with network censorship - not just because we were more conservative years ago, but because networks used to write good shows with good storylines and good characters. Now, they are just desparite to hold their own against cable and satellite, and will do it using any amount of indecency possible.