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"Sensationalized Cruelty": FCC Complaints Regarding Game of Thrones

Posted by samzenpus on from the it's-a-nice-day-for-a-red-wedding dept.

v3rgEz writes: As a cable channel, the FCC has little to no jurisdiction over HBO's content. That doesn't stop people from complaining to them about them, however, and after a FOIA request, the FCC released numerous complaints regarding the network's Game of Thrones. While there were the usual and expected lamentations about 'open homosexual sex acts,' other users saw Game of Thrones as a flashpoint in the war of Net Neutrality.

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  1. Re:If you don't like it, don't watch it. by turkeydance · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    that works well for other things, too. if you don't like guns: don't buy one. if you don't like global warming: don't contribute to it. and let everyone else alone.