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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.
It's a "why is America so full of whiny-ass bitches who thing the whole world ought to cater exclusively to them" issue.
You really took it a bit far, although since you made fun of Americans you caught some insightful mods. Naturally, the FCC regulating TV really doesn't have much with controlling the whole world, but once again, putting the US down is a sure karma boost on this site.
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You sick fuck. You obviously have no idea why you should get married. HINT: It's ALL about love. Money should have nothing to do with it on either side. If it does, you have two sad and sorry victims of capitalist propaganda. I married my wife because I love her and she did the same with me. I don't make much money and she doesn't care. We live comfortably enough, have a great sex life and have made it to our late 30s and early 40s with only one kid (in 2004 and planned in advance) in 16 years of sex. But outside of the sex we love to actually BE with each other. I don't run screaming from the house to hang out with my male friends because she's just too much fun to hang out with no matter what we do. And she doesn't run screaming from me because she has a good time with me.
The fact that you value your posessions/wealth over your spouse makes you a lousy person to start off. The fact that your spouse agreed to a pre-nup indicates that she doesn't have any self-esteem, intelligence or both. Let me guess... she's just "the little woman" to you, right? And your the daddy surrogate for her. How fucking lame.
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Man, the Dutch are so far ahead of us it's not funny.
And yet they are so so far behind us in other ways. For instance, only Arab immigrants are required to watch the racy film, immigrants with blond hair and blue eyes won't have to.
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!
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.