FINING EVERY NBC-TV STATION IN THE COUNTRY FOR -

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Fining Every NBC-TV Station In The Country -
For Failing To Bleep The F-Word During Golden Globes Broadcast

Urgent Action Needed

parentstv.org (PTC E-Alert)

To File An Official Complaint Insisting That The FCC Enforce TV Decency Laws By Fining Every NBC-TV Station In The Country For Failing To Bleep The F**k Word During Golden Globes Broadcast.

PLEASE READ AND IMMEDIATELY TELL YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY!!!

The Parents Television Council has denounced NBC-TV for failing to mute the "F**k" word" from Sunday night's broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards.  Bono, the lead singer of U2, said the word while accepting an award.  Until now, TV networks routinely broadcast live shows through a delay system that allows for the removal of inappropriate material. 

But last Sunday night here's what TV viewers, young and old, heard—unbleeped:

Bono: "This is really, really, f*****g brilliant."

This televised broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards turned out to be another sad addition to a long list of examples of network irresponsibility that sacrifices family viewing for raunchy programming, and yet another example of a broadcast network clearly violating federal laws prohibiting broadcast indecency, while the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allows the incident to pass without a word.

We cannot let the networks continue to flaunt broadcast decency laws, and we cannot let the FCC continue to sit back and do nothing when they do.   We need your help today to pressure the FCC to uphold the law to keep the broadcast airwaves decent and safe for children, and put NBC on notice that this flagrant abuse of the public airwaves will not be tolerated.  NBC-TV and its affiliate stations must be held accountable for allowing extremely offensive obscenity to be aired.

I urge you and every decent, responsible parent and grandparent to help the Parents Television Council stop this outrage.  Here's how:

1. Go to TVC and sign the OFFICIAL INDECENCY COMPLAINT against the NBC-TV network and its local affiliates with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Now!  We need to flood the FCC with complaints against this show, or before you know it filth like this will be routine on TV.

• MOST IMPORTANT -- CUT, COPY, & PASTE THIS ARTICLE AND E-MAIL IT TO EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK NOW.

  Hopefully, many of your friends and family will forward this e-mail also and your FCC Indecency Complaint will be multiplied many, many times over! The Parents Television Council and our more than 750,000 grass roots supporters have become the most powerful TV watchdog group in the country -- working to return decency to TV.

  So now, PLEASE FORWARD this article by email to everyone in your e-mail address book.

  Then go to TVC and sign the official FCC Indecency Complaint against the January 19 broadcast of  the Golden Globes Award Show.

  We need a BIG GRASS ROOTS RESPONSE to sign this official FCC complaint! 

  Please don't delay.

  Urgent thanks!

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[Bigg Red]

...network irresponsibility that sacrifices family viewing for raunchy programming...

I would not consider this kind of junk family entertainment even if the words were bleeped.

[FreePaul]

I don't like the idea of this program getting away with that kind of language. But, where is the parental responsibility. Why let children watch trash. Yeah, I know it's hard to keep kids from watching in which case don't blame the networks for the behavior of the kids.

[TightSqueeze]

MOST IMPORTANT -- CUT, COPY, & PASTE THIS ARTICLE AND E-MAIL IT TO EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK NOW.

Go outside, cool your jets, have a cigarette, relax. We probably ain't going to repeal the first amendment over someone f'ing on national TV, get over it. Really can you imagine the dialog on the Sopranos without it?

Really, get a life.

[webber]

"Go outside, cool your jets, have a cigarette, relax. We probably ain't going to repeal the first amendment over someone f'ing on national TV, get over it. Really can you imagine the dialog on the Sopranos without it? Really, get a life."

Cramps your speech does it? Reduces your vocabulary by 50% does it?

[OldFriend]

I didn't hear it because nothing on earth could get me to watch NBC!

[aruanan]

our speech does it? Reduces your vocabulary by 50% does it?

Your ability at insults just about matches your sense of proportion in trying to get every NBC station fined over a single instance of one word when the content of the regular programming of many programs on almost every network is far, far worse than the seven letter word uttered by Bone-Head-o.

[TightSqueeze]

Now, now leave weeber alone, he knows what is best for everyone even if you don't.
I feel safer already, you should too.
BTW I hear he is offering free vocabulary courses, I can't wait, look at me I'm talking!

[Bullish]

Why did you subject yourself to the Golden Bozos anyway?

[xrp]

Agreed, if I had children, they certainly wouldn't be watching this trash on TV.

[eno_]

If you really want to f*ck with them, write your congresscritter and push the idea of leasing spectrum for a limited term and rebating the lease proceeds to taxpayers. These sh*ts think they own the spectrum. You own it, and the government shafted you out of the value of it.

[Hessian]

A far better response to this episode is to write to your local NBC station. They are required to include your complaint in their public file which is reviewed at the time of their license renewal.

Also, letters to NBC - NOT form letters or emails - are important, as well as letters - again NOT form letters or emails - to the FCC.

For those of you who dismiss this incident as inconsequential - especially when compared to The Sopranos, please remember that this incident took place on BROADCAST television. There are enormous differences in a broadcaster's responsibilities compared to ANY cable network.

Personally, I am amazed that there was so little attention paid to the gaffe, while the merits of a Miller Lite ad featuring women wrestling in a water fountain was discussed ad nauseum. (No pun intended.)

I am also amazed that SOMEONE at NBC made the decision that it was not necessary (or that it was too exensive) to delay a live broadcast of Hollywood types who were going to be spending the evening drinking at large tables in a ballroom, awaiting their awards. A recipe for disaster.

Who made the decision, and on what terms? Betcha they'll never tell us.

Bottom line is, NBC doesn't care. They're too busy promoting people eating horse rectums on Fear Factor.

How the mighty have fallen.

[Blackyce]

Of all of the perverted things on TV, why is it that this one word draws all of this attention? If he had had said freaking instead of f***ing this wouldnt be an issue. I hate moralizing over clearly subjective issues.

[OneLoyalAmerican]

What's NBC-TV?

[webber]

NBC-TV is the television broadcast that NBC has as oppose to their NBC-RADIO broadcast.

[webber]

Form letters and emails may not be the best method of showing NBC and the FCC that we are not pleased with their lack of concern for moral issues, but if it gets people off their keyboards and just complain and do something, even if it's a form letter or email, then I'm all for it. It still will have an impact if they receive 10's of thousands of emails and form letters from the public who they see taking time to show their disgust toward NBC and the FCC for their lack of moral decency in public broadcasting during, especially during family hours.

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Oh, that NBC-TV. Somebody still watches trash television?

[weikel]

Lighten up. FCC is unconstitutional anyway.

[weikel]

People like you are the reason that Republicans don't have all the vote of the population off the dole.