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!
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)
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.
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.
I know I sure wasn't; and I wasn't even there.
Behold the power of the remote.
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?
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!"
You? No way!
LMAO
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!!!
No. It's standing up for what you believe, like true conservatives SHOULD BE DOING!!!
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.
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.
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.
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!"
?
Run for the hills!!!! Some prude in Middle America might be offended!
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?
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"?
My teachers cussed in class; I certainly don't blame them.
A most excellent question, damnit! :-)
A bleep interrupts the documentary and keeps the viewer from truly feeling like he is there.
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