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Growing number of CBS affiliates refusing to carry profanity laden program
American Family Association/Action Alert/Email | Donald E. Wildmon

Posted on 09/06/2006 10:46:23 AM PDT by Iam1ru1-2

Ask the FCC to enforce broadcast decency laws should CBS air profane language during prime-time viewing hours this Sunday evening

Earlier I wrote you about the plans by CBS to air "9/11" containing hardcore profanity during primetime viewing (Supreme Court's 'safe-harbour') hours when children are most likely to be watching television. The program is schedule to air this Sunday evening.

Because of your actions, CBS announced they would not seek sponsors for the program. But they also said, sponsors or no sponsors, that they will not mute the profanity.

A growing number of CBS affiliates have publicly stated that they would not carry the program. Other affiliates are expected to drop the show or air it late at night. Those that do carry it risk at fine of $325,000 for each indecent incident. Potential fines could run into the millions of dollars.

But CBS has responded by saying that the profanity is ok to broadcast to children because it will be shown "in context" of the program itself.

If the FCC allows this as an acceptable excuse to air the profanity, it leaves the door open for CBS to show anything and everything because anything, and everything, is always "in context."

For instance, suppose CBS decides they want to air a documentary concerning pornography. Using CBS's logic, the network could show actual hardcore pornographic scenes in an "after school special" saying the scenes are "in context" and necessary because they are an integral part of the documentary.

The phrase "in context" means that CBS could (and would) show anything because it is "in context." In the final analysis "in context" means nothing is exempt.

I urge you to email the FCC urging them to reject the "in context" argument. A copy will also go to CBS. And please forward this to your friends and family.

Take Action

Send the email to the FCC asking them to reject the "in context" argument.

Contact your local CBS affiliate" and ask them not to air "9/11." Tell them you are prepared to file a formal complaint with the FCC if they do.

Please inform your friends and family.

Click Here to Email the FCC Now!


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: abuseof1stamendment; bdlnguge; cbs; churchlady; dancingbolivians; donaldwildmon; fcc; fifthanniversary; lostmymind; mrsgrundy; naughtywords; pansies; profanity; thoushaltmeddle; wtf
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To: Iam1ru1-2
Here is a summary of the horrible naughty words used in the 9/11 documentary:

1. Oh, $#!T! (chorus of voices as the first plane hits)

2. This ain't f$&king Disneyland! (said by a police officer to the filmmaker)

121 posted on 09/06/2006 11:42:45 AM PDT by Alouette (Psalms of the Day: 69-71)
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To: Iam1ru1-2

You still don't quite get the fact that you are confusing 2 programs. The CBS propgram and the ABC program are not the same thing. The ABC program is a "docu-drama" that apparently has material the Clintons don't like, but no profanity. CBS is airing (on a different night) a documentary, filmed live on the spot in Manhattan on 911. The CBS program contains some profanity.


122 posted on 09/06/2006 11:43:09 AM PDT by dmz
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To: Constitution Day

That's a great idea.

Not long ago, I was thinking that I cannot wait until my grandchildren get a little older; I have a LOT of stuff to tell them............LOL.


123 posted on 09/06/2006 11:43:16 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: rwfromkansas
People weren't saying fiddlesticks as the towers collapsed.

I know I sure wasn't; and I wasn't even there.

124 posted on 09/06/2006 11:44:23 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Iam1ru1-2

Behold the power of the remote.


125 posted on 09/06/2006 11:44:27 AM PDT by FFIGHTER (Character Matters!)
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To: Iam1ru1-2; Howlin; All

Hey Iam...got a quick question for you...what is it about reminding everyone about what REALLY happened that September day and who did this to us scares you enough to try and talk us into boycotting this documentary?


126 posted on 09/06/2006 11:44:47 AM PDT by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
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To: Howlin

Oh, I remember watching "9/11" on the tube. During the lobby scene, you could hear them going "thunk! thunk! thunk! thunk!", just a steady rain. They showed Mychal Judge standing there praying, with an expression on his face that can most effectively be translated, "Oh, God, those poor people!"


127 posted on 09/06/2006 11:44:49 AM PDT by RichInOC (...R.I.P.)
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To: Howlin
I have a LOT of stuff to tell them............LOL.

You? No way!

LMAO

128 posted on 09/06/2006 11:45:11 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: OldSmaj
"...will lose sponsors and viewers and eventually will go away, anyway."

Perhaps you should take the time and read the ENTIRE article, for a change. It's says they will air it without Commercial backing. They will pay for it out of their own pockets. ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, HNN, have been losing viewers by the millions each year, but has that stopped them from spewing their slanted rhetoric? NO!!!

129 posted on 09/06/2006 11:45:17 AM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
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To: colorado tanker
"Taking advantage of some gullible conservatives, I suppose."

No. It's standing up for what you believe, like true conservatives SHOULD BE DOING!!!

130 posted on 09/06/2006 11:46:20 AM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
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To: Iam1ru1-2; Howlin
If the Klintonistas get their way, and eventually make CBS "censor", yes I said "censor" some of the content that shows their incompetency, and outright fright of their enemies, then the whole program is a sham, a lie, a coverup, but that won't stop the liberals from saying this is an "honest portrayal" of why 9-11 took place even when all of the "original" program will probably NOT be shown.

You're talking about the ABC miniseries, not 9/11 that CBS is airing.

Howlin, I purchased the DVD after it showed, and watched it again a few nights ago. I didn't count profane words, but I could have... It isn't profanity-laden. There is one very audible "m-f" by the very frustrated probie stuck at the fire station.

Blockbuster has had this DVD on their shelves for years, btw.

131 posted on 09/06/2006 11:47:00 AM PDT by Rex Anderson
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To: SerpentDove

Exactly.

Now I am of the mind that this country NEEDS to see/hear that because what they saw that day was sanitized.

But I'm not about to force my opinion on anybody.

If you all want a real eyeopener, read 102 Minutes; it's about what was going on inside the tower while we were all sitting out here in our comfy chairs, more than likely cussing.

Unlike the rest of us watching on TV, most of the people in those towers didn't have a CLUE what was going on; the people in the north tower didn't even know the south tower had fallen.

I'm not ashamed to say that I sobbed all the way through it.


132 posted on 09/06/2006 11:47:26 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Iam1ru1-2
You don't have to have to have profanity to tell "the truth". Movies edit profanity all the time for TV showing,

You really are a dimbulb, aren't you?

This isn't a docu-drama or a made up movie; it's the REAL scenes as it happened.

133 posted on 09/06/2006 11:49:01 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Iam1ru1-2

I propose a solution. Would you object to any of the following terms being subtituded during the horrific murder scenes?

"Aw, Horsefeathers!"
"Shucks!"
"For corn sakes!"
"Well, Fiddle dee dee!"
"Bust my britches!"


?


134 posted on 09/06/2006 11:49:54 AM PDT by SerpentDove (Just think what Reagan would have done if he had both houses of Congress.)
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To: Alouette

Run for the hills!!!! Some prude in Middle America might be offended!


135 posted on 09/06/2006 11:49:54 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Iam1ru1-2

So what is your basic issue with them shoing this 9/11 documentary on CBS?

Are you saying that it's slanted, are you being a priss about the language, or is it just that you don't want to be reminded of 9/11?


136 posted on 09/06/2006 11:49:56 AM PDT by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
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To: Darkwolf377
"the impact of the reality of that day"

I see. "Impact of Reality" is based on allowing profanity to be aired on the air, not just a few times, but throughout the entire program. When a Bleep is heard by the viewer, they automatically know it's a profanity, so how is that going to diminish the "impact of reality"?

137 posted on 09/06/2006 11:50:22 AM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
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To: Howlin

My teachers cussed in class; I certainly don't blame them.


138 posted on 09/06/2006 11:50:45 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: txradioguy
scares you enough to try and talk us into boycotting this documentary?

A most excellent question, damnit! :-)

139 posted on 09/06/2006 11:50:50 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Iam1ru1-2

A bleep interrupts the documentary and keeps the viewer from truly feeling like he is there.


140 posted on 09/06/2006 11:51:31 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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