FCC Indecency Ruling Struck Down

arbitraryaardvark writes "Reuters reports that the 2nd circuit has struck down the FCC's recent ruling on indecency, in a case brought by Fox. The court said the U.S. Federal Communications Commission was 'arbitrary and capricious' in setting a new standard for defining indecency. 'Republican FCC Chairman Kevin Martin angrily retorted that he found it "hard to believe that the New York court would tell American families that 'sh*t' and 'f@ck' are fine to say on broadcast television during the hours when children are most likely to be in the audience ... If we can't restrict the use (of the two obscenities) during prime time, Hollywood will be able to say anything they want, whenever they want," Martin said in a statement.' No word yet on whether the agency will appeal.

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Re:Freedom of Speech?

[Wizard Drongo]

Shhh! Don't spoil the fascist's fun. Next you'll be telling him it's wrong to burn books for having 'dirty' pictures in them! Then we might as well be in Moscow with the commies! Oops! Sorry, wrong witchhunt, this is 2007 not 1967. Then we might as well be in Iran with all the islamic terrorists!