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The fact is, it shows the system is screwed up

Look. How is the system "screwed up"?

Tonight, hundreds of TV stations are going to show SPR. None of them will be fined. What's "screwed up"?

Some station in Iowa disingenuously crying wolf proves that there really is a wolf?

technically, there could have been a fine,

There is not going to be a fine. Nobody seriously believes there is going to be a fine. There is no good reason to believe that there will be a fine. And I reckon even Mr. Cole does not, deep down, actually believe there will be a fine.

He is crying wolf.

I visited my ABC affiliate's website--WTVD 11 in North Carolina--and they're gonna show it!

From the site:

"The ABC Television Network presents Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning film "Saving Private Ryan" as a tribute to veterans beginning at 8 p.m. tonight on ABC 11. The broadcast will include an introductory message from Vietnam Veteran and former POW, Senator John McCain. "Saving Private Ryan" contains graphic violence and intense adult language, including a realistically violent depiction of the D-Day invasion and extensive profanity. "Saving Private Rying" carries a TV-MA,L,V parental guideline, is intended for mature audiences, and viewer discretion is strongly advised."

He is not crying wolf. He is pointing out that the system does not actually have any rules. If some government official finds a word offensive in a certain content, there is a fine. If he doesn't, there isn't.

Are you aware that radio shows nationwide can no longer air best of shows because, although the laws are the same, they would now get fined for the content? These are shows that have aired more than once with no fine. But, since their last airings, the broadcasters have quietly removed them from rotation because fines have since been issued for the same content.

The federal government justified the stricter rules for the airways, while letting the newspapers slide, because there were few radio stations and many papers in the average city. It was felt the limited choices for radio justified tighter controls because there were fewer options.

Now the situation is reversed, but the rules remain the same.

You really need to look at this situation because what the FCC finds offensive under a future administration may not be so much to your liking. Unpopular speech must be defended because, at some point, you too are going to want to say something that is unpopular, and you will want that right.