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.
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What "hardcore profanity?" I saw that when it first aired. There was mild profanity, and the sound of bodies hitting the pavement. I wouldn't recommend it to the squeemish, but it doesn't rate being censored.
"9/11," which will be shown in prime-time, contains a tremendous amount of hardcore profanity. CBS has stated they have not, and will not, make any cuts in the amount and degree of profanity. CBS will ignore the law. The network is suing the FCC over the indecency law, saying they should be able to show whatever they desire whenever they desire. CBS wants no limits.
This is a test case for CBS to see how far they can go. If there is no out-pouring of complaints from the public, they will go further the next time.
If this pinhead thinks that I'm going to help him keep a reminder of the threat to civilization off the air, he can kiss my @$$.
Shouldn't you be writing letters now instead of goofing around on a internet forum. Hop to it, bucko.
I wonder how many votes this little stunt is going to cost conservatives come Nov...
Want a really good cause?
Get MTV changed to a premium channel that you must pay extra to get.
I'll back you on that one.
This program is most assuredly NOT proper for children under the age of about 14 or 15, IMO.
How many times have you seen this documentary, since you "know" it contains a "tremendous amount of hardcore profanity"?
When did you see it? (I think we already know the answer, don't we?)
Oh, I have no doubt that the networks would try to get away with as much as possible if elements of their audience didn't take them to task for it. But one of my complaints with this article was that it made the very poor argument that, without restraints, the kids would come from school some day to have CBS serving up porn along with their milk and cookies. That's not going to happen, and everybody knows that it's not going to happen, and it's better not try to make a case by using a silly example.
Again, the writer has little understanding of or appreciation for context. This is a documentary, shot live as the events happened, of a veritable, sudden, unleashing of hell on the people who experienced it. I can accept whatever kind of language they might have used because that's the way people talk, for better or worse, and yes, there is a context in which profanity is appropriate, or at least expected and accepted.
If a 9/11 documentary were to be cleaned up to the extent that it would not violate the sensibilities of its more sensitive viewers, it wouldn't be the language alone that would be cut -- it would be the scenes of planes crashing into buildings, and people jumping out of windows and, people running for their lives from the billows of smoke and ash as the towers collapsed. All the stuff that makes our guts wrench and our hearts sob. All the stuff that reminds us what kind of enemy we face.
The AFA needs to back off on this one.
CBS To Air Profanity-Laden Program (Complaint About "9/11" Documentary)
I see... so you think the ENTIRE FAMILY can sit there and watch 3000 people die a horrific fiery death, just as long as they don't hear a few profanities uttered by those on the scene trying to save those 3000 people? Interesting.
"CBS will ignore the law. The network is suing the FCC over the indecency law, saying they should be able to show whatever they desire whenever they desire. CBS wants no limits."
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This is nothing more than speculation and conjecture. It has no basis in fact.
You know that these people don't care about that. The GOP has "disappointed" them in so many ways, I'm sure this just adds to their list.
As people have stated before, we unfortunately have just as many whack jobs on our side as the left does.
Hmmm... how exactly will they do that? Will it take the form of a paper document that costs them money to print and mail?
If so, I'm interested in seeing it... and so are each of my three cats... and so is the spider in the corner... and....
I'm no fan of vulgarity but if ever there was an appropriate moment to let loose a blue streak, that would have been it.
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I live in MD, and my daughter goes to college in CT. Every time I drive by NYC on my way to visit, 2 words, totally uncensored, come out of my mouth, regardless of who might be traveling with me.
The first word begins with an 'f', and the second word ends with "ards". Was that censored enough? Are you all getting the real sense of my anger?
This is a test case for CBS to see how far they can go. If there is no out-pouring of complaints from the public, they will go further the next time.
It isn't a test. CBS is a business. The network's only job is to get eyeballs on the screen. If they could run a test pattern and get 9 million people to watch, they would. Again, CBS is a for profit business that earns its money by getting people to watch what it broadcasts.
When a plane literally flies into the building you are in, you have the right to say whatever expletives you like - and no impressionable young kids should be watching that live anyway.
Anyone old enough to watch a documentary about 9/11 has already heard the F-word in daily conversation.
Absolutely agree, and I am also glad that CBS is FINALLY exercising its option to show it a second time (the first showing was in 2002).
After that, the Naudet brothers can get it shown other places.
When did you see it? (I think we already know the answer, don't we?)
Apparently YOU DIDN'T see it, because it is ladened from front to back with "hardcore" profanity. So now we know that you make comments without even knowing anything about what you're arguing about. How typical of liberals and libertarians.
It's no wonder why we have been experiencing more and more tragedy upon this nation. Many call it the result of "Global Warming", I believe it should be called "Divine Anger".
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I get it now. You're a blame America for 911 in the style of Jerry Falwell. 'nuf said.
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