An FCC policy that allowed television broadcasters to be fined for airing even a single expletive live was tossed out today by a federal court, the AP reports. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled that the 2004 policy “effectively chills speech, because broadcasters have no way of knowing what the FCC will find offensive.” The policy originated after Bono of U2 said “f—ing brilliant” on NBC during the live broadcast of the Golden Globes in 2003.
Jul 13
2010
05:10 PM ET
FCC live expletive policy scrapped by New York City court
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Bono’s words hold true for this, too. F’ing brilliant!
FFC = Faithful Firefly Committee, right?
Censorship, in any form, is evil.
It needs to be outlawed, and the choice needs to be given to the individual as to what is offensive or not. The FCC can lick my b@lls
I do think it’s about time. Swear words wouldn’t be to taboo if they were allowed, and then they’d simply go out of style!
are you f—-g out of your ever loving f—–g mind – even the young use the f word – that and now what – no more b—h w—-es on the tv with their b–bs hanging out – s—t these words will never go out of f—-g style (whew, got that out of my f—–g system)
So do you think CBS will finally name William Shatner’s new show “Sh!t My Dad Says”?