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New TV Outrage - A New Low For TV:
Parent Television Council ^ | Parent Television Council

Posted on 06/20/2003 6:04:02 PM PDT by webber

New TV Outrage - A New Low For TV:

YOUR IMMEDIATE HELP NEEDED TO DRIVE THIS GROSSLY INDECENT GARBAGE OFF TV AND OUT OF OUR HOMES...

First, we apologize to you in advance for asking you to read the filth below.  WARNING: it's EXTREMELY offensive. 

DON'T LET ANY CHILDREN READ THIS E-MAIL!

But millions of children were already exposed to it on TV, and you need to know how totally sick some TV shows marketed to children have become.

Here's what millions of impressionable youngsters across America who tuned in to the new Fox-TV show, "Keen Eddie," were subjected to last Tuesday evening (June 10) --

The plot involved a case about black market traffic in horse semen.  Detective Eddie hired a prostitute (whose ad in the newspaper read, "Forty Year Old Filthy Slut. Will Do Anything") to have sex with a horse!!!

FILE YOUR FORMAL INDECENCY COMPLAINT AGAINST THE JUNE 10, 2003 EPISODE OF FOX-TV's "KEEN EDDIE" WITH THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) NOW!

This is what you letter to the FCC will look like:


To: Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), Washington, D.C.

Michael K. Powell, Chairman
Kathleen Q. Abernathy
Jonathan S. Adelstein
Michael J. Copps
Kevin J. Martin

RE:   OFFICIAL FCC TELEVISION INDECENCY COMPLAINT:

This is a formal COMPLAINT of indecency on broadcast television. My complaint concerns the PROGRAM ON:
NETWORK:  FOX-TV
PROGRAM TITLE:  "Keen Eddie"
BROADCAST DATE: June 10, 2003
BROADCAST TIME:  9:00 PM Eastern & Pacific Time, 8:00 PM Central & Mountain Time

Documentation of the indecent material on which my COMPLAINT is based is provided below.  A video tape of this entire episode of "Keen Eddie" is available from the Parents Television Council. PLEASE KEEP ME INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS AND RESULTS OF YOUR INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER.

COMPLAINANT believes that this material is in context and fully representative of the show's overall tone and quality.

COMPLAINANT also declares that such material is:

The FCC should exercise its responsibility to enforce the existing law against indecency on broadcast TV between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. (Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1464) by levying severe sanctions against the broadcasters of this program.

PLEASE KEEP ME INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS AND RESULTS OF YOUR INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER. SYNOPSIS, June 10, 2003 EPISODE OF "Keen Eddie"

The plot involved a case about black market traffic in horse semen.  Detective Eddie hired a prostitute (whose ad in the newspaper read, "Forty Year Old Filthy Slut. Will Do Anything") to have sex with a horse.

When the prostitute showed up at the stable, Keen Eddie's thugs asked her to have sexual intercourse with a horse because they needed its semen. 

Actual dialogue:

Prostitute: --No, that's not natural.
Thug: --------Extraction for insemination. If you look at the picture on  page 45 you'll see how natural it is...
Prostitute: --Forget it!
Another Thug: --You're a 40-year old filthy slut, you'll do anything...
Prostitute: --With a human...

The prostitute finally agrees to go through with it.  She goes to the stable and attempts to arouse the horse, but the horse drops dead. 

She explains, "I never laid a finger on it.  I lifted up my blouse, that's all… he needs to get aroused.  I happen to know a little something on this subject."


CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR PROTEST TO ALL 5 FCC COMMISSIONERS

A copy of this COMPLAINT will be sent in your name to Gateway, Subway, Pier 1 and Nissan as a sponsor of this program, with the following message:


I am outraged at the frightening increase in violence, sex, filth, smutty humor and coarse language on prime-time television. TV shows have been poisoned by a flood of offensive material that is helping destroy family values and seriously harming America's children and grandchildren… and SPONSORS LIKE YOU ARE PAYING FOR IT WITH YOUR ADVERTISING DOLLARS!

In particular, TV was poisoned by the June 10, 2003 episode of "Keen Eddie" aired on Fox-TV and sponsored by {name of sponsor}.

As a consumer, I am taking part in this grassroots campaign organized by the Parents Television Council (PTC) to urge you and all commercial TV Sponsors to STOP USING YOUR ADVERTISING DOLLARS TO UNDERWRITE THE FILTH AND VIOLENCE THAT IS POISONING THE MINDS OF MILLIONS OF IMPRESSIONABLE YOUNGSTERS.

I hope and expect to hear from the PTC that {name of sponsor} has adopted a new and more responsible advertising policy that will preclude sponsorship of any program containing material as indecent as that featured in the June 10 broadcast of "Keen Eddie."

Sincerely,

Your Name


 

Call or Send a snail mail to the commissioners: Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street SW
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 888-CALL-FCC (225-5322)
TTY: 888-TELL-FCC (835-5322)
Fax: 202-418-0232


  1. Go to Complaint To FCC and sign the formal indecency complaint to the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) against this "Keen Eddie" broadcast.  The FCC is supposed to enforce the federal law against broadcast TV indecency during children's viewing hours.  Please help us flood the FCC with complaints about this "Keen Eddie" atrocity.

  2. When you sign the FCC complaint, the PTC will also generate on your behalf a WARNING TO SPONSORS addressed to four of the national advertisers whose commercial dollars paid to air this show on Fox-TV.  Your warning alerts Gateway Computers, Subway Restaurants, Pier 1 and Nissan Motor Company that you are shocked at their irresponsibility in paying for such filth-filled content.

  3. ALSO VERY IMPORTANT -- FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY NOW SO THEY CAN JOIN THE FIGHT.

Fox-TV's descent into this moral sewer was paid for by the sponsors who bought commercial time on this show.  

They include companies like Gateway, Subway, Pier 1 and Nissan -- all nationally-known brands that want to be  perceived as friends of the American family.

How can they allow their commercial dollars to pay for polluting our homes with graphic filth like this?  Whether these companies intended it or not, this kind of content directly violates the moral standards of decent families, especially those with young children. 

When TV Sponsors advertise on shows containing content like this -- whether it's bestiality and foul language on "Keen Eddie," or the  barrage of ultra-violence and references to oral sex, threesomes, masturbation and homosexuality documented by the PTC on other prime-time broadcast network shows -- we must hold the sponsors accountable for attempting to destroy our children's and grandchildren's moral values and character.

Moreover, your official indecency complaint to the FCC will support our campaign to demand that the FCC investigate, fine, and possibly pull station licenses of the Fox-TV affiliates who aired this "Keen Eddie" show.

And, hopefully, many of your friends and family will also forward this e-mail, so the FCC INDECENCY COMPLAINT and WARNING TO SPONSORS will be multiplied many, many times over!

We need you and a lot of other decent folks to take immediate action. Please don't delay.


With urgent thanks,

Parents Television Council


P.S. Go now to FCC INDECENCY COMPLAINT to file your FCC INDECENCY COMPLAINT and to generate your WARNING TO SPONSORS.  This is how, TOGETHER WITH YOU, the Parents Television Council will stop the flood of filth, depravity, foul language and sick, ultra-violence on TV: overwhelming grass roots pressure brought to bear on one network, one show, and one sponsor at a time.

Also-PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY NOW SO THEY CAN JOIN THE FIGHT. 

Thank you.

Parent Television Council


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To: webber
So, if the intention is to write letters, call and freep the sponsors to put pressure on the network, what makes this different from the lefties doing the same to Michael Savage's show and sponsors, which sparked a huge outrage on our parts? I agree with the rationale of learning how to use the channel button or the off button. Maybe there are some people who enjoy that type of entertainment, and don't have the same hang-ups or problems with limiting what their children watch.
441 posted on 06/21/2003 7:09:38 PM PDT by BritExPatInFla
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To: honeygrl
I for one wouldn't allow my kids online without supervision. That's like taking your child downtown, letting them out of the car, and saying "i'll be back later.."

Good for you, honeygrl. Little kids shouldn't be left alone downtown. Ever! ;-)

442 posted on 06/21/2003 7:11:57 PM PDT by Scenic Sounds (If you don't like government censorship, then quit reading.)
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To: ffusco
"I'll give you television, I'll give you eyes of blue.
I'll give you a man and a voice to rule the world...."

I always thought the lyric was "I'll give you man-o'-wars to rule the world," but seeing your version made me look it up. Apparently it's "I'll give you a man who wants to rule the world." At least, that's the way it is on most of the web sites I checked, although some people have other readings, still.

443 posted on 06/21/2003 7:15:01 PM PDT by Physicist
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To: webber
Terry Rakolta strikes again.....remember when she tried to get "Married with Children" yanked off the air?

Keen Eddie is a funny show and, if you don't like it, there's a great invention called the "OFF" button on your television.

Just as my parents did not allow me to watch "Three's Company", you should act like a parent and monitor what your kids are watching for yourself. Don't rely on Colin Powell's son to act as your babysitter.

And the irony of this is, the more resistance this show gets, the more it will stir up curiosity. The rating have been mediocre.

On second thought....keep up the work...continue ther campaign! I love this show and your efforts may actually save it from the low ratings it is receiving right now!

444 posted on 06/21/2003 7:15:51 PM PDT by HennepinPrisoner
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To: honeygrl
Exactly!
445 posted on 06/21/2003 7:30:01 PM PDT by NeoCaveman
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To: All
This debate strikes me as remarkably similar to the issue of gun control.

The statist side thinks that guns are without redeeming qualities or uses, and wants the government to ban them. The free side wants the Constitution respected, regardless of the fears and dislikes of others.

The statist side thinks that as long as their kids are never permitted to see a gun, guns will never be able to harm them. The free side knows that the only way to make their children safe is to provide strict parental supervision, until their children are old enough to handle them in a responsible, adult fashion.

The statist side thinks that the responsibility for protecting their children from harm rests primarily with the government. The free side understands that the responsibility rests primarily with the family.

The arguments of the statists are based primarily on anecdote, fear, and emotional hyperbole. The arguments of the free are based primarily on reason, principle, and a fundamental suspicion of government.

446 posted on 06/21/2003 7:34:56 PM PDT by Physicist
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To: happygrl
Where do you think the laws that we live by come from ? They come from moral law.

No they don't. They come from what government SAYS is moral law.

447 posted on 06/21/2003 7:36:25 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("Say goodnite to da Bad Guy" - Tony Montana)
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To: FreeReign
You can take your paranoia and go stick it some place.

Quite possibly the same place you can stick your rudeness. I don't appreciate the personal insults.

And when it comes to my children, perhaps I have a blind spot. I'm not about to apologize for it.

But your question was personally and intellectually insulting. Perhaps you should stop asking loaded accusatory questions.

Your intent was accusatory. You accused me of wanting to protect those who would endanger children. Yes, I took it personally. I'm not about to apologize for it. On the contrary, perhaps you should apologize for your tone.

Then again, perhaps you like asking people when they stopped beating their wives. Just don't be surprised when those you interrogate get pissed off, as I did. And I'm the last person you want to piss off; as large a man I am, I intimidate people simply with my presence. When I'm pissed off, I've been told that I am simply terrifying.

"You wouldn't like me when I'm angry..."

448 posted on 06/21/2003 7:38:51 PM PDT by mhking
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To: ffusco
To say that Christianity caused the fall of the Roman Empire sound anti-Christian, but it means simply that Christianity wasn't compatible with a Fascist government- which Rome had more or less become at THAT time.

But the other branch of that same government lasted for another thousand years, and was Christian throughout.

449 posted on 06/21/2003 7:40:24 PM PDT by Physicist
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To: webber
GETTING THE FCC TO ENFORCE THEIR OWN LAWS!!! The law's an ass. And the whole reason the FCC was created isn't for content. It is so brodcasts aren't interfering with one another.
450 posted on 06/21/2003 7:42:01 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("Say goodnite to da Bad Guy" - Tony Montana)
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To: Physicist
Man-o'-wars does have a nice ring to it....
451 posted on 06/21/2003 7:43:33 PM PDT by ffusco ("I don't care about the Italians (in America)" Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1942)
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To: Dan from Michigan
"And the whole reason the FCC was created isn't for content."

I wonder if it had something to do with creating a new means for polticians to exact contributions from broadcasters.

Just wondering. ;^)
452 posted on 06/21/2003 7:46:22 PM PDT by headsonpikes
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To: Physicist
True enough. My thesis was limited to the western half of the empire.
453 posted on 06/21/2003 7:46:22 PM PDT by ffusco ("I don't care about the Italians (in America)" Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1942)
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To: headsonpikes
Well, Hoover was known for that if I remember right.
454 posted on 06/21/2003 7:47:46 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("Say goodnite to da Bad Guy" - Tony Montana)
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To: mhking
Quite possibly the same place you can stick your rudeness. I don't appreciate the personal insults.

You initiated the insults and now you do it again. You can stick it -- back at you.

You accused me of wanting to protect those who would endanger children...

I ASKED you if you were for any laws that protect children against abusive parents. Your previous remark suggested that you weren't.

And I'm the last person you want to piss off; as large a man I am, I intimidate people simply with my presence. When I'm pissed off, I've been told that I am simply terrifying. "You wouldn't like me when I'm angry..."

Let the record show that you now make physical threats.

455 posted on 06/21/2003 8:33:36 PM PDT by FreeReign (V5.0 Enterprise Edition)
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To: FreeReign
It's difficult to have a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.
456 posted on 06/21/2003 8:43:55 PM PDT by mhking
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To: mhking
It's difficult to have a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.

Yep, bye.

457 posted on 06/21/2003 8:53:44 PM PDT by FreeReign (V5.0 Enterprise Edition)
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To: webber
I suggest you read about the Roman Empire and how it came to an end. It wasn't because of foreign Invaders, it was because of immoral debauchery which you wish to flourish in our nation

Ridiculous fundie nonsense.

Try a history book not written by Pat Robertson.

458 posted on 06/21/2003 8:58:58 PM PDT by DAnconia55
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To: webber
allow your underage kids to drink alcohol

You have no right to tell me this either. You can only prevent sales of alcohol to minors. You can't tell me I can't give wine to my kid with dinner.

Nor will I send my kids to government schools.

And drivers licenses aren't federal. (Yet. But I'm sure your crowd will try that too..)

459 posted on 06/21/2003 9:00:46 PM PDT by DAnconia55
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To: webber
Who would have thought 50 years ago that homosexuals would be prevelant in the pulpits of the Catholic, and "mainline" protestant churches? Perverts won't stop with some smut.

It's the Fundie preachers who hang out in hotel rooms with hookers that are causing it all. Yep. I have it on good authority.

460 posted on 06/21/2003 9:02:01 PM PDT by DAnconia55
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