Posted on 02/12/2026 7:19:24 AM PST by cuz1961
Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) is calling for federal action against the NFL and NBC following Sunday’s explicit Super Bowl halftime show.
In a post on X on Monday, Fine argued that the Spanish-language performance violated federal broadcast standards and should result in major penalties.
“You can’t say the f-word on live TV,” Fine wrote.
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KY will be a major sponsor next year if Goodell is still running the joint.
Excellent!
Honestly, this stuff makes our side look like whiny babies.
If I go on TV and start swearing in Italian, is that OK?
According to the FCC, what languages are and are not acceptable to broadcast vulgarity? If Spanish is acceptable for swearing on broadcast TV, why?
Have penalties been imposed in the past for swearing on TV? If so, when will they be applied here?
This clown, bunny, is a low life.
The Sign Language Interpreter had practiced the lines sung, and will have repeated them verbatim.
Don’t let bad audio stand in the way of prosecution. Bad Bunny’s lyrics are clear as a bell from the Sign Language Interpreter.
The chamber would likely vote to strike such remarks from the Record if the Clerk had not exercised authority to do so.
*As a celebration of the cultural values PR would offer, it would be a good argument against making it a State.
But we can’t pass the SAVE act...
I had to laugh at the calls to lock people up for "gyrating." This was probably the least sexual halftime show in recent memory.
How far have we fallen? I recall Lucy and Desi couldn’t sit on the same bed unless their feet were on the floor.
I moved on from Sad Bunny before I even knew he existed.
The game at the superbowl has become an insignificant event, just a warm up act for the halftime show.
I looked it up. In addition to the "seven naughty words" it's largely governed by "community standards."
Kinda funny though, my wife watches a Russian TV streaming service in our home. They'll bleep out the Russian profanity but not the English profanity.
So, a particularly spicy show might sound like this, "Bleep, bleep bleep, Mother F-----!, bleep, bleep..."
I'll look over at my wife, "That, I understood!"
My wife is Russian, and I’ve experienced the same thing. It does sound funny when you hear it.
Exactly.
GOP Congreemen would do well to worry about fraud, waste, unpayable debt, unfunded liabilities and obligations and let the rats deal with the decadent, decaying Bad Bunny and the NFL.
Wow, if ‘community standards’ consider the vulgarity acceptable… what does that say about the FCC’s interpretation or evaluation of that community? Looks like they have some explaining to do either way.
Your Russian story reminded me of French speaking Canadians I was friends with as a kid. Same thing, when they switched from English to French it was hysterical picking out the…. universal language.
Well, whether he did or didn’t modify the lyrics, he certainly didn’t clean up the in-your-face dry humping that was everywhere.
I get that. I was objecting to banning pop stars from future halftime shows. I wasn’t referring to this one
“ should be marching bands”
…that would equal instant drop in ratings. There are plenty of clean acts out there. Mostly country and frankly, they would work much better. Best halftime shows in my opinion were Prince, Michael Jackson and 1994 Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, and The Judds
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