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Spike TV fined $250,000 for 'indecency'
Washington Newswire | 2-18-2012 | Jonathan Dough

Posted on 02/18/2005 8:49:26 PM PST by Dan from Michigan

Spike TV fined $50,000 for 'indecency'
Johnathan Dough
Capitol Bureau Chief

In a surprise move, today, the Federal Communications Commission fined Viacom’s “Spike TV” 250,000 for indecency. FCC Chair Charles E Schoemer announced the fine earlier today, after complaints about the 1980’s shows “Miami Vice” and “The A-Team.”

“Guns kill people and cause violence,” stated FCC Chair Schoemer. “We need to sense a strong and swift message to the world that guns are no longer welcome on television. Guns will no longer influence our kids. This proliferation of violence, decadence, and indecency will end and end now.”

Schoemer, a Democrat, was named FCC Chair by President Jennifer Grandholme, who was elected in 2010. Grandholme decried the rise of gun violence on TV as harmful to children, and said that there would be changed if she was elected president. She applauded the decision made by the FCC.

“We cracked down on indecent sex on television, why not the proliferation of guns on television? Guns kill people,” stated President Grandholme. “The indecency laws are broad enough for the FCC to make the changes without any new laws from congress, so we decided to take this step. We will continue our crackdown on indecency in the future.”

Spike TV was not available for comment.


TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: banglist; fcc; indecency; spiketv; viacom
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1 posted on 02/18/2005 8:49:27 PM PST by Dan from Michigan
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To: Dan from Michigan

Is this a joke?


2 posted on 02/18/2005 8:50:20 PM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: cyborg

Yeah look at the author's name.


3 posted on 02/18/2005 8:50:40 PM PST by thoughtomator (If Islam is a religion, so is Liberal!)
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To: cyborg

Yes, it's a joke. Jennifer Grandholme was actually elected in 2012.


4 posted on 02/18/2005 8:51:43 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture (RINOs ... the OTHER white meat)
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To: Dan from Michigan
Schoemer, a Democrat, was named FCC Chair by President Jennifer Grandholme, who was elected in 2010

Time warp or simply prophetic ??

5 posted on 02/18/2005 8:51:43 PM PST by clamper1797 (This Vietnam Vet ain't Fonda Kerry)
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To: thoughtomator

Well sometimes you never know.. and at this hour my brain is a bit addled :o)


6 posted on 02/18/2005 8:52:05 PM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: cyborg
President Grandholme doesn't think so.....:)
7 posted on 02/18/2005 8:52:10 PM PST by Dan from Michigan ("It's easy to hide behind a microphone, son" - Coach Mike Ditka)
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To: clamper1797

Well, there actually is a precident. AOL considers gun rights pornography and banned a statewide (then) pro-2a group which used them as a server.


8 posted on 02/18/2005 8:53:11 PM PST by Dan from Michigan ("It's easy to hide behind a microphone, son" - Coach Mike Ditka)
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To: Dan from Michigan
I believe that Ima Clymer was the democrat selected elected in 2010
9 posted on 02/18/2005 8:53:34 PM PST by clamper1797 (This Vietnam Vet ain't Fonda Kerry)
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To: Dan from Michigan
Now wait a minute... I never saw a gun kill ANYONE on the A-Team. I mean I thought guns just went bang bang bang! they never hurt anyone at least not the guns the A-Team shot! They just frightened the bad guys into giving up!
10 posted on 02/18/2005 8:54:32 PM PST by Syntyr
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To: Dan from Michigan

By 2012 they'll be so much floating poop (graphics and logos and ads) on the screen you won't be able to see anything on TV anyway.

Philo Farnsworth spins in his grave....


11 posted on 02/18/2005 8:55:17 PM PST by JoJo Gunn (More than two lawyers in any Country constitutes a terrorist organization. ©)
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To: cyborg

Had me going a bit too. It's well done.


12 posted on 02/18/2005 8:55:47 PM PST by thoughtomator (If Islam is a religion, so is Liberal!)
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To: cyborg

Yep. Joke. Not very funny, though.


13 posted on 02/18/2005 8:57:14 PM PST by AmishDude
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To: Dan from Michigan

Yeah, right.

Like anyone EVER got shot during an episode of the A-Team.


14 posted on 02/18/2005 8:57:36 PM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (Children classics updated for Islam, "Allah loves me this I know, For the Koran tells me to explode")
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To: Dr.Zoidberg
Yeah, right.

Like anyone EVER got shot during an episode of the A-Team.

LOL! Good point.

15 posted on 02/18/2005 8:59:33 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.)
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To: Dan from Michigan

Good Grief..It could happen!LOL


16 posted on 02/18/2005 9:00:21 PM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: Syntyr

That was the classic part about the A-team, both sides would fire 100's of mostly automatic rounds and never hit a soul. Well that, and they only had one script for all their shows.


17 posted on 02/18/2005 9:03:48 PM PST by Diplomat
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To: Diplomat
Actually without a doubt Dwight Schultz had the best gig in the world playing howlin Mad, he could be anybody or anything.

That is an actors dream, along with getting counselor trois in a compromising position.

18 posted on 02/18/2005 9:37:26 PM PST by dts32041 (When did the Democratic party stop being the political arm of the KKK?)
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To: Dan from Michigan

They'll get my Girls On Trampolines DVD when they pry it from my cold, dead hands.


19 posted on 02/18/2005 9:44:09 PM PST by Question Liberal Authority (Dear Howard Dean: Please Protect Me From Your Righteous Followers)
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To: clamper1797

" Schoemer, a Democrat, was named FCC Chair by President Jennifer Grandholme, who was elected in 2010

Time warp or simply prophetic ??"

So, does this count as breaking news?


20 posted on 02/18/2005 9:50:42 PM PST by Oblongata
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