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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.'"
Personally, I find the mindless violence abhorrant on TV
Such as? Or are you just firing off the typical rebuttal whenever the FCC levies a sex-related fine?
but I don't see the FCC giving a damn about that
Just because it didn't make the YRO section of Slashdot (and watching 'indecent' TV on a broadcast network is neither a right, nor online) doesn't mean it didn't happen.
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I wouldn't think that would be the reason since MTV and Disney have been going out of their way to pimp white girls to black guys for a long time. I could guess that the interracial bit was a major motivation for that scene though.