[sharktrager]

The fact is, ABC is right to make this point. The FCC arbitrarily fines for certain words? That is not what America is supposed to be about.

Either the words are allowed, or they are not. But to have some bureaucrat decide is not what I think the Founding Fathers had in mind.

[Dr. Frank fan]

The fact is, ABC is right to make this point. The FCC arbitrarily fines for certain words? That is not what America is supposed to be about.

I tend to agree that arbitrary fines for certain words is not the way to go, but that doesn't mean this was likely to happen had they shown SPR. Nobody seriously believes that SPR would have brought a fine. You used the phrase "make a point"; well that's what I'm saying, this station is simply trying to make a point by engaging in a stunt.

There is no substance behind the stunt however. Again, there was no plausible threat of fine for showing SPR and to try to get the public to think that there was is manipulative and dishonest.