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.
Is this a joke?
Yeah look at the author's name.
Yes, it's a joke. Jennifer Grandholme was actually elected in 2012.
Time warp or simply prophetic ??
Well sometimes you never know.. and at this hour my brain is a bit addled :o)
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.
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....
Had me going a bit too. It's well done.
Yep. Joke. Not very funny, though.
Yeah, right.
Like anyone EVER got shot during an episode of the A-Team.
Like anyone EVER got shot during an episode of the A-Team.
LOL! Good point.
Good Grief..It could happen!LOL
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.
That is an actors dream, along with getting counselor trois in a compromising position.
They'll get my Girls On Trampolines DVD when they pry it from my cold, dead hands.
" 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?
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