Court OKs F-Word In Front of Kids, Ruling Permits Unedited Profanities to Air During Any Time

Parents' Television Council ^ | 06.07.07 | Tim Winter

[Coleus]

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Court OKs F-Word In Front of Kids

PTC Action Alert                                                                                 June 5, 2007

Ruling Permits Unedited Profanities to Air During Any Time of Day

Yesterday, in a 2-1 decision, a U.S. appeals court in New York City has cleared the way for television networks to use the "F-word" and "S-word" in front of children at any time of the day. The courts have essentially taken your property -- the broadcast airwaves -- and handed ownership of them over to the networks to do with as they please.

We urgently need you to take action today.

Please take a moment to write to your representatives in Congress and to the President of the United States to express your outrage and demand a solution that reflects the will of the people -- not the will of two judges in New York City and a handful of powerful entertainment industry executives.

It won't take but a moment of your time -- but your action, combined with the voices of tens of thousands of other PTC supporters could make a huge difference. CLICK HERE to take action, then forward this note to everyone in your address book.

When the FCC ruled that the use of the "F-word" and "S-word" primetime television broadcasts of the 2002 and 2003 Billboard Music Awards violated the broadcast indecency law, Fox and other broadcasters filed suit in federal court to overturn the ruling.

They are demanding the right to use the public airwaves to broadcast profane and indecent content regardless of time of day; regardless of how many impressionable young children are watching; regardless of the proof of the harm this content does to young viewers; regardless of the fact that there is overwhelming public support for the FCC's crack-down on indecent content; regardless of the fact that just one year ago the House by a 10-1 margin and the Senate unanimously authorized the FCC to increase indecency fines ten-fold.

Today's ruling is an insult to the American public.

Hollywood manipulated the legal system by shopping around for a court that would be favorable to their arguments, and they found two federal judges in New York City to impose their will on the nation. The Court's decision runs contrary to nearly 80 years of jurisprudence about the publicly-owned airwaves, not to mention the overwhelming sense of the nation. Community decency standards should not be decided by two judges in New York.

We believe the two judges on the Second Circuit Court are wrong, and we are urging our public servants to correct this gross injustice. If you share our outrage and concern, please tell the FCC to pursue whatever steps are necessary to remedy the misguided opinions of those judges, including an appeal of this case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Don't let this outrage go unanswered. Please speak up today. CLICK HERE now to let your voice be heard. And don't forget to forward this e-mail to everyone in your address book.

With urgent thanks,
 

Tim Winter
President
Parents Television Council -- Because our children are watching.

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[Coleus]

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[Man50D]

Bookmark for later.

[neodad]

So I guess nappy headed ho’s is ok now?

[goodnesswins]

You would think!

[goodnesswins]

Making TV more irrelevant by the day.....

[windsorknot]

With all due respect, Your Honor, F*** you!

[sourcery]

If you really don’t want your kids to be exposed to such language, censoring the TV is closing the barn door after the horses have already escaped. To have any hope of succeeding, in addition to not even having a TV, you’re going to have to keep them out of school, and prevent them from having any non-adult companions. And even some of the adults won’t be trustworthy.

[Snoopers-868th]

Easy answer—turn off the T.V., throw it away—whatever.

[D.P.Roberts]

Glad to see Tim’s got a hobby.

[billbears]

So I’m supposed to take action how? Thanking the judges for making an unpopular stand on free speech? Don’t like the word, don’t watch the shows it’s on. I tend not to watch them but I’m not going to write Congress and definitely not the FCC (which shouldn’t exist anyway) to ask them to limit speech.

[clintonh8r]

The politicians aren’t ruining the country fast enough so the judges have to do their part.....

[Grn_Lantern]

So...uh...anyone know the style of the case or anything? Cause...those of us of the legal persuasion might want to, you know, read it before we overreact or something...

[Ken H]

Court OKs F-Word

"No, not that!"
"Yes, that."

[keepitreal]

Guess the broadcast media is getting what it wants. Time to permanently turn off the tube and radio. If enough of us do it, they will regret getting what they wished for.

[diverteach]

http://emuse.ebaumsworld.com/flash/play/750/

[TornadoAlley3]

http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov:8080/isysnative/RDpcT3BpbnNcT1BOXDA2LTE3NjAtYWdfb3BuLnBkZg==/06-1760-ag_opn.pdf#xml=http://10.213.23.111:8080/isysquery/irl2db4/8/hilite

the ruling

[Bobalu]

This is just so f**kin wrong!

[Reaganesque]

Well, they had to OK the use of the F-word. Liberal commentators and political activists would have no way of expressing themselves if they couldn’t use the F-word.

[ozzymandus]

F***in’ A, man!