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FCC May Allow 'Brief' Nudity, More Cursing on Broadcast TV
Big Hollywood ^ | 4 Apr 2013 | William Bigelow

Posted on 04/05/2013 3:53:18 AM PDT by markomalley

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering whether to loosen restrictions for obscenity on broadcast television and radio. This rule change would allow brief “non-sexual-nudity” and isolated expletives in prime time, while children are still awake and watching TV.

The FCC claims that it will consider the public’s sentiment as its members make a decision and has given Americans the month of April to file their comments.

Outgoing FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski previously had to order the Enforcement Bureau only to tackle “egregious cases” because of the “backlog” of reported obscenity cases. In the last 6 months, the FCC’s caseload has plummeted 70 percent, with more than one million complaints ignored.

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1 posted on 04/05/2013 3:53:18 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Old wise Arab saying: Do not allow a camel to put his nose under the edge of your tent, or soon you will have a camel in your tent.

2 posted on 04/05/2013 4:21:40 AM PDT by Zakeet (If idiots could fly, Washington would be an airport)
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To: markomalley

Another step on the road to Perdition.

Lord quickly come.


3 posted on 04/05/2013 4:27:54 AM PDT by upchuck (Free Republic: faster than a speeding bullet!)
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4 posted on 04/05/2013 4:28:43 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: markomalley

cool,
Then maybe we can all take a peak at Ms. Judd’s tits?


5 posted on 04/05/2013 4:40:06 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO))
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To: markomalley

This is the real race to the bottom.


6 posted on 04/05/2013 4:46:33 AM PDT by Stepan12
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To: markomalley

With what’s available online and in a lot of video games these days most kids will probably yawn at a few boobs and bums here and there on tv.Having said that,it’s still a little further down the slope we slide.The god of this world gets to isolate christians just that little more,always pushing.


7 posted on 04/05/2013 4:49:09 AM PDT by mitch5501 ("make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things ye shall never fall")
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To: markomalley

Oh good. I was just saying the other day that this world needs a lot more cursing - people these days are just too straight-laced.


8 posted on 04/05/2013 4:49:47 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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FCC May Allow 'Brief' Nudity, More Cursing on Broadcast TV

I thought we already had that.

9 posted on 04/05/2013 4:51:04 AM PDT by 2111USMC (aim small, miss small)
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To: Zakeet

That’s a great phrase. Yeah, more nudity and cursing, that’s exactly what our culture needs.


10 posted on 04/05/2013 5:00:07 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: markomalley

Better they should start banning the sadism and cruelty that masquerades as cop shows and “prank” shows.


11 posted on 04/05/2013 5:13:30 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: markomalley

Well, I came real close to giving up satellite TV two months ago.

The day is coming soon when I will rescue my TV from the aggressive onslaught on the TV.


12 posted on 04/05/2013 5:14:28 AM PDT by conservativepoet
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FCC is basically saying ‘we get too many complaints to investigate, so we want to just allow a lot of it.’

In other parts of Washington, various agencies are INCREASING their numbers of regulations and reporting requirements. Will they eventually hide their heads in the ground, too?

This shows the endemic problem with government and governmental regulations. They eventually become so massive that they crumble under their own weight. How many regulations are still on the books regarding, for example, buggy whips?


13 posted on 04/05/2013 5:14:46 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: P.O.E.

Ow! My Balls!

Idiocracy is prediction.


14 posted on 04/05/2013 5:22:47 AM PDT by warchild9
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“FCC May Allow ‘Brief’ Nudity, More Cursing on Broadcast TV”

The glass is already full, now they call the overflow, “Brief”, how will “Brief” be defined?


15 posted on 04/05/2013 5:27:17 AM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: markomalley

I remember network executives hyping this stuff 20 years ago. What we got was an all too long screen shot of Sipowitz’s bare ass.


16 posted on 04/05/2013 5:35:06 AM PDT by Oratam
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To: JudyinCanada

They already allow “bitch.” “Shit” has been used in plenty of shows without censor (i.e. South Park). “Damn” can be used, but they bleep the word “God” if used in the same phrase. No problem with “ass,” but the “hole” is bleeped if used. Most shows will bleep the F-word, but we all know what they’re saying.

We’ve relaxed sin to a point that it’s universally accepted. Adding some nudity to Nickelodeon shows might keep the parents tuned in.

(Hoping I don’t need a /sarc)


17 posted on 04/05/2013 5:39:27 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: markomalley

If that happens - what will HBO do? - the levels that our society is dropping is staggering...


18 posted on 04/05/2013 5:41:25 AM PDT by BCW (http://babylonscovertwar.com/index.html)
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To: warchild9
I remember seeing this movie - and thinking - WOW, this is going to be the US in a short time...and it's getting shorting as each day passes...

Almost there!
19 posted on 04/05/2013 5:46:43 AM PDT by BCW (http://babylonscovertwar.com/index.html)
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To: markomalley

Too bad the FCC never outlawed stupidity on TV.


20 posted on 04/05/2013 5:47:19 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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