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!
Good point. Public airways, public roads, public parks...why not the same approach of 'anything goes' for all of them? The AFA bashers apparently don't get the 'camel's nose in the tent' concept, the primary point of the piece.
Bingo. I think we have a diagnosis. :)
and what astrologist told you that? Or did "someone" from the astroplane whisper it into you ears. I bet there was a lot of echoes.
Do yourself a favor. Wipe the foam from your mouth, step away from the computer. Go outside and look at a pretty bird or a puppy or something. Realize that fire and meteors aren't raining down from the sky because CBS is showing an uncensored documentary with words i hear 30 times everyday. Life will go on and you will be ok...at least physically. Mentally im not sure anyone can attest to that.
Practice what you preach....HYPOCRITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your entire demeanor tells me that. Every post you have made here screams that you have no idea what you're talking about. :)
Well Said!
Then the increase in fines by 10X was the result of FCC "goodness from their heart". Yeh, right.
I have the right to return the personal insult you initially made.
Besides, I spoke to truth. You did not.
Seriously, if I were you, I would give up the ghost at this point. You are doing your miniscule cause no favors. And no, your cause is not "decency". Your cause is promoting yourself by applying a blank slate to all televised events, no matter the context. And issuing press releases.
You lost. CBS will air the documentary unedited and we will all be the better for it.
Nyah. Nyah.
That's hysterical! Where did you get that? :)
You seem to know a lot about dosages. You must be a pill popper...Huh?
Look jackass...now you're putting words in my mouth.
Just give it up and get over yourself.
I'm a Christian myself.
But ranting frothing lunatics like you give us normal folks a bad name.
All things considered, I am surprised there was so little profanity.
It was very natural in that context, and (unlike Janet Jackson's breast) not the least gratuitous.
Most important of all, it is a record of actual events, not somebody's slant on those events.
What is this "safe harbour" thing......especially as it applies to the Supreme Court?
Isn't it? :)
I can't even remember where I got this.
Someone here on FR posted it a few years ago, so I HAD to save it to host on my Imageshack site.
Just for blood pressure. After reading your posts, I may double up on the meds, myself, today.
You accuse people of attacking "Christian" organizations; do you realize how much you are representing them as being full of whack jobs like yourself? :)
Well, now I've saved it too. :)))
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