Friday Trivia
August 27, 2010
| 9:00 AM
Apart from being legendary entertainers, what do George Carlin, Bono and Cher have in common?
All three were cited for their use of expletives over broadcast in the FCC's Thursday filing with the federal court of appeals in New York to reconsider its decision on indecency in Fox v. FCC.
"The three-judge panel's decision in July raised serious concerns about the
commission's ability to protect children and families from indecent
broadcast programming," FCC general counsel Austin Schlick said in a statement. "The commission remains committed to empowering parents and protecting children, and looks forward to the court of appeals' further consideration of our arguments."
Back in July, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York ruled that the FCC's indecency policy "is unconstitutionally vague." Under the rules, the FCC imposed fines on television and radio stations that aired what regulators deemed to be indecent or profane content, and was even able to revoke the licenses of violators.
The issue is expected to eventually reach the Supreme Court, which upheld the FCC's policy last year on procedural grounds but did not address the constitutional arguments.
Parents Television Council Tim Winter applauded FCC's move to appeal the court's decision. "The importance of the broadcast decency law has become abundantly apparent as the broadcast networks demonstrate their desire to push ever-more graphic content at all times of the day. The airwaves have become a battleground for networks to out-cuss, out-sex and out-gore each other; and sadly it is children and families who are in the crossfire."
The National Association of Broadcasters declined to comment.
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