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False Protests
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader ^
| June 28, 2006
| Chuck Shepherd
Posted on 06/28/2006 1:34:29 PM PDT by Paul678
False Protests
By Chuck Shepherd
The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader
June 28, 2006
The indecent CBS drama Without a Trace for which the Federal Communications Commission is proposing a $3.3 million fine of the network and affiliates was apparently complained about by only two (at most) actual viewers of the estimated 8.2 million who watched it that December 2004 night, according to FCC records that CBS cited in a June filing to the commission. Those two (and 4,209 complaints from people who apparently only heard about the show) did not start arriving at the FCC until 12 days afterward, which coincidentally was the day that a family watchdog organization began alerting its members about the show. The same CBS program had aired in 2003, with no complaints.
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/entertainment/14918583.htm
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: complaint; fcc; fines; indecency; indecent; television; theocracyalert; tv
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posted on
06/28/2006 1:34:31 PM PDT
by
Paul678
To: Paul678
barf alert. People are standing up for decency and the MSM can't stand it.
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posted on
06/28/2006 1:37:12 PM PDT
by
balch3
To: Paul678
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posted on
06/28/2006 1:37:52 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll. 17,427+ snide replies and counting!)
To: Paul678
This is just ridiculous.
First, ban the FCC. If people are so upset about something so indecent, turn it off! The only the the FCC should be doing is issuing broadcasting licenses. They have no right to regulate content.
Second, $3.3 Million?
Third, only two people complained originally? Get a freekin life.
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posted on
06/28/2006 1:39:33 PM PDT
by
CT-Freeper
(Said the perpetually dejected Mets fan.)
To: Paul678
CBS? What is that? A TV network or something?
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posted on
06/28/2006 1:41:30 PM PDT
by
day10
(Whenever you come near the human race, there's layers and layers of nonsense.)
To: balch3
I assume the multi million dollar fine is based on what they found, not on how the violation was brought to their attention.
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posted on
06/28/2006 1:42:33 PM PDT
by
ansel12
To: Paul678
Interesting logic. If you didn't watch it, it didn't happen.
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posted on
06/28/2006 1:44:18 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: theDentist
Here is a better description of what happened.
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posted on
06/28/2006 1:44:31 PM PDT
by
CT-Freeper
(Said the perpetually dejected Mets fan.)
To: CT-Freeper
Interesting . . . (The episode's first airing also prompted complaints, which were dismissed when CBS signed a consent decree in 2004 dealing with numerous FCC rulings.).
So, the first time they showed it, CBS got out of the trouble by signing something. They then decided to re-air the episode in question, which had ALREADY generated complaints once before, and act all huffy now that it received complaints AGAIN???
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posted on
06/28/2006 3:46:53 PM PDT
by
yevgenie
To: All
The PTC only claims 1 million members, yet it games the FCC system to make TV content decisions for Americans in 109 million TV households.
1 million out of 109 million plus. If that's democracy in action, I'd hate to live in a totalitarian dictatorship.
Check out TV Watch, at www.televisionwatch.org, for a common sense voice of reason in this debate.
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posted on
06/29/2006 11:30:49 AM PDT
by
Paul678
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