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FCC APPROVES USE OF THE "F" WORD ON TV AND RADIO!
American Family Association** ^ | Donald E. Wildmon

Posted on 11/15/2003 3:08:13 PM PST by webber

FCC APPROVES USE OF THE "F" WORD ON TV AND RADIO!

The Federal Communications Commission has approved the use of the "F" word for use on any TV show or radio program, ANYTIME DAY OR NIGHT!

The FCC said the word can be used whenever desired except in sexual situations!

>>That means that real soon you will be watching a sit-com on TV, or news, or any drama or movie-ANY PROGRAM-and it*s ok! Hollywood is rejoicing!

>>Soon, when you are driving your kids to school you will be listening to a song which makes extensive use of the word.

>>Shock jocks such as Howard Stern are now free to use any language, no matter how vile and repugnant, on their radio shows. And use it they will.

>>No longer will movies shown on TV have to be edited because of language.

WE MUST ACT NOW TO STOP THIS!

Send your letter to your Congressman, Senators and members of the FCC.

Let them know that you want this stopped-NOW!

Please send your letter now. And please forward this letter to your email list asking them to get involved.

If it isn*t stopped now, in a few months verbal pornography will rule the airways!

Please act today. Help us get 1,000,000 email letters to members of Congress, Senators and FCC Commissioners.


Thanks for getting involved!

Donald E. Wildmon
Founder and Chairman
American Family Association


TOPICS: Announcements; Culture/Society; Government; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: catholiclist; fword; wildmonisanidiot
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To: JohnnyRidden
It truely is the most versatile word in the English language. =D

It can be a verb. "The Spartans f'ed up today"
An adjective (sp) "Our dbacks got burned deep by those f'ing passes"
And an adverb "Today's game f'n sucks."

And as a single curse word like damn. Aw F@!%!!!

21 posted on 11/15/2003 3:31:28 PM PST by Dan from Michigan ("Today's music ain't got the same soul. I like that old time Rock N Roll" - Bob Seger)
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To: AlexW
I'm in my mid 20's and I listen to Classic Rock, and it wasn't beeped out at all.

The Who's "Who are you" came out in 78.

22 posted on 11/15/2003 3:33:02 PM PST by Dan from Michigan ("Today's music ain't got the same soul. I like that old time Rock N Roll" - Bob Seger)
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To: JohnnyRidden
"Seriously though; What's the big deal. It's just a word."

So is the Abortion, Murder, Nigger, Jap, Kike, Chink, Splib, Wop, Jihad, Honky, Wetback, Gook, holocaust.

But for those whose minds are in the gutter, the only "intolerable" words are Christian, Ten Commandments, righteousness, holiness, absolutes, pro-life, JESUS, God Almighty, Holy Bible.

23 posted on 11/15/2003 3:34:32 PM PST by webber
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To: SoftballMominVA; webber
Do some research before posting. This is not true

well technically, it is true. That is the exact literal text of a actual fatwa issued by the American Family Association.

That the AFA is being sofa king dishonest is another matter.

24 posted on 11/15/2003 3:41:10 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (You realize, of course, this means war?" B Bunny)
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To: webber
Big F'ing deal.
25 posted on 11/15/2003 3:41:52 PM PST by Stew Padasso (Head down over a saddle.)
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To: webber
WTF!
26 posted on 11/15/2003 3:43:07 PM PST by lodwick (Wake up, America!)
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To: Elliott Jackalope
>>Commonly used as a verb, a noun, an adjective, an adverb and an expletive.

Illustrated here: http://www.kcbx.net/~rloomis/f.wav
27 posted on 11/15/2003 3:43:52 PM PST by Keith in Iowa (Tag line produced using 100% post-consumer recycled ethernet packets,)
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To: JohnnyRidden
My mother is a VERY devout evangelical "born again" Christian. I left home when I was 18 for US Marine Corps boot camp.

16 weeks later I returned home for 2 weeks prior to shipping out again for my MOS training. (I waited for 3 weeks at MCRD San Diego for our platoon to be assigned drill instructors, and THEN the training began).

While sitting down for dinner, everybody was happy to see me. We had a celebration dinner with the whole fam damily - and after grace, I ask gently to my mother - "mom, please pass the f_cking salt?"

She froze.

ooops.

I learned an im0portant lesson that day.

Even PFCs in Uncle Sams Motorcycle Club are unable to hold down Irish Spring soap.

BUT - I learned every application of the word during my tour of duty.

When I watch R. Lee Army on the History channel, I tend to fill in the blanks.

I wonder if he would do a show on the history/evolution of the utility, use, and various meanings of the word.

28 posted on 11/15/2003 3:47:12 PM PST by PokeyJoe
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To: webber
bump...thanks for the info.
29 posted on 11/15/2003 3:49:58 PM PST by Lady Eileen
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To: SoftballMominVA
"This is not true".

That*s a matter of interpretation. It is only not true if the word is used in the sexual content. Otherwise it can be said over and over and over again. Read below. This, by the way came from the website you posted.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has not "approved the use of the *F* word for use on any TV show or radio program at any time" nor has it issued a ruling making broadcasters "free to use any language, no matter how vile and repugnant."

This issue arose as a result of the annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony held in January 2003, during which singer Bono of the band U2 uttered the phrase "this is really, really, fucking brilliant" (also reported as "this is fucking great"). Bono*s comment was aired, intact, by various television stations, prompting about 200 complaints to the FCC that those TV stations had violated the FCC*s restrictions on obscene broadcasts by carrying that portion of the awards ceremony.

Several months later, in October 2003, the FCC*s Enforcement Bureau issued a response to those complaints in which it maintained that broadcasts of Bono*s words had not violated the FCC*s prohibition of indecent program content because the word "fucking" was a "fleeting and isolated" remark used "as an adjective or expletive to emphasize an exclamation" and not "to describe or depict sexual and excretory organs and activities":

Indecency findings involve at least two fundamental determinations:

First, the material alleged to be indecent must fall within the subject matter scope of our indecency definition — that is, the material must describe sexual or excretory organs or activities.

Second, the broadcast must be patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium.

As a threshold matter, the material aired during the "Golden Globe Awards" program does not describe or depict sexual and excretory activities and organs. The word "fucking" may be crude and offensive, but, in the context presented here, did not describe sexual and excretory organs and activities. Rather, the performer used the word "fucking" as an adjective or expletive to emphasize an exclamation.

Indeed, in similar circumstances, we have found that offensive language used as an insult rather than as a description of sexual or excretory activity or organs is not within the scope of the Commission*s prohibition of indecent program content.

Moreover, we have previously found that fleeting and isolated remarks of this nature do not warrant Commission action. Thus, because the complained-of material does not fall within the scope of the Commission*s indecency prohibition, we reject the claims that this program content is indecent . . .

This statement falls far short of supporting the claim that the FCC has now approved the "f-word" to be used at any time, in any context, in radio and TV programming; it addressed one specific context in which the word was allowed (a "fleeting and isolated" remark used as "an adjective or expletive to emphasize an exclamation") while reiterating that certain other uses of the "f-word" (describing or depicting "sexual activities") were still not permissible under current FCC regulations.

The FCC maintains that this is not a "relaxation" of their standards but rather a consistent application of existing rules, while groups such as the AFA maintain that the FCC*s statement represents an increasingly permissive standard regarding broadcast media usage of words traditionally labelled as "obscenities" which cannot be dismissed out of hand as invalid, especially since one of the benchmarks used is "contemporary community standards." (That is, the more one hears certain language used on radio and television, the more it becomes part of "contemporary community standards" — is television and radio usage the chicken laying the egg which hatches "community standards," or is it the other way around?)

As always, the times they are a-changin*, and the battle continues between the supporters of preservation and the forces of change.

30 posted on 11/15/2003 3:50:49 PM PST by webber
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To: SoftballMominVA
"This is not true".

That*s a matter of interpretation. It is only not true if the word is used in the sexual content. Otherwise it can be said over and over and over again. Read below. This, by the way came from the website you posted.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has not "approved the use of the *F* word for use on any TV show or radio program at any time" nor has it issued a ruling making broadcasters "free to use any language, no matter how vile and repugnant."

This issue arose as a result of the annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony held in January 2003, during which singer Bono of the band U2 uttered the phrase "this is really, really, fucking brilliant" (also reported as "this is fucking great"). Bono*s comment was aired, intact, by various television stations, prompting about 200 complaints to the FCC that those TV stations had violated the FCC*s restrictions on obscene broadcasts by carrying that portion of the awards ceremony.

Several months later, in October 2003, the FCC*s Enforcement Bureau issued a response to those complaints in which it maintained that broadcasts of Bono*s words had not violated the FCC*s prohibition of indecent program content because the word "fucking" was a "fleeting and isolated" remark used "as an adjective or expletive to emphasize an exclamation" and not "to describe or depict sexual and excretory organs and activities":

Indecency findings involve at least two fundamental determinations:

First, the material alleged to be indecent must fall within the subject matter scope of our indecency definition — that is, the material must describe sexual or excretory organs or activities.

Second, the broadcast must be patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium.

As a threshold matter, the material aired during the "Golden Globe Awards" program does not describe or depict sexual and excretory activities and organs. The word "fucking" may be crude and offensive, but, in the context presented here, did not describe sexual and excretory organs and activities. Rather, the performer used the word "fucking" as an adjective or expletive to emphasize an exclamation.

Indeed, in similar circumstances, we have found that offensive language used as an insult rather than as a description of sexual or excretory activity or organs is not within the scope of the Commission*s prohibition of indecent program content.

Moreover, we have previously found that fleeting and isolated remarks of this nature do not warrant Commission action. Thus, because the complained-of material does not fall within the scope of the Commission*s indecency prohibition, we reject the claims that this program content is indecent . . .

This statement falls far short of supporting the claim that the FCC has now approved the "f-word" to be used at any time, in any context, in radio and TV programming; it addressed one specific context in which the word was allowed (a "fleeting and isolated" remark used as "an adjective or expletive to emphasize an exclamation") while reiterating that certain other uses of the "f-word" (describing or depicting "sexual activities") were still not permissible under current FCC regulations.

The FCC maintains that this is not a "relaxation" of their standards but rather a consistent application of existing rules, while groups such as the AFA maintain that the FCC*s statement represents an increasingly permissive standard regarding broadcast media usage of words traditionally labelled as "obscenities" which cannot be dismissed out of hand as invalid, especially since one of the benchmarks used is "contemporary community standards." (That is, the more one hears certain language used on radio and television, the more it becomes part of "contemporary community standards" — is television and radio usage the chicken laying the egg which hatches "community standards," or is it the other way around?)

As always, the times they are a-changin*, and the battle continues between the supporters of preservation and the forces of change.

31 posted on 11/15/2003 3:51:51 PM PST by webber
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To: webber
I heard it in a song on the radio two years ago without any attempt at covering it up. I'm sure it's slipped through other times too.
32 posted on 11/15/2003 3:52:04 PM PST by Styria
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To: blackie
You'd have liked a guy I worked with in the Rocky Mountains of B.C. 40 years ago. After 10 minutes of frustrated attempts to pull-start a cranky 2-cycle generator engine, he announced to the handful of crew-mates, "The f***in' f***er's f***ed!"
33 posted on 11/15/2003 3:52:13 PM PST by headsonpikes (Spirit of '76 bttt!)
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To: SoftballMominVA
research before posting. This is not true

Damnit, I was hoping that soon, at the start of each class, I would be able to yell to my middle schoolers, "Okay, class, shut the f*** up."

34 posted on 11/15/2003 3:53:11 PM PST by Semper911 (For some people, bread and circus are not enough. Hence, FreeRepublic.com)
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To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
There are far more important things to worry about than whether or not someone drops the "f-bomb" on television.

Hell, I'm sure Wildman would have a problem with this ping list...

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

35 posted on 11/15/2003 3:55:49 PM PST by mhking
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To: webber
Oh yay...now Americans can have as foul and filthy mouths as the British. The F word and S word can be uttered on any station, TV or radio, after 9pm here.
36 posted on 11/15/2003 3:58:48 PM PST by Pedantic_Lady
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To: webber
No Eff'ing way! As the DU'er go wild...
37 posted on 11/15/2003 3:59:52 PM PST by demlosers
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To: Senator Pardek
Good. Now turn off the f***ing TV and stop watching the garbage those folks peddle and tell your kids to get off their f***ing butts and read a book - or at the very least, watch programs that are informative.

Exactly....Take your kids to the range....bring the TV along....do what comes naturally.

38 posted on 11/15/2003 4:00:25 PM PST by AdamSelene235 (I always shoot for the moon......sometimes I hit London.- Von Braun)
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To: webber
FCC APPROVES USE OF THE "F" WORD ON TV AND RADIO!

Now come on, do actually think the FCC would approve this??? Have you not been watching over the past couple of years where the FCC has banned/barred certain individuals for just using vulgarities and demeaning lanquage on the radio? Nowhere near close to the "F-word"? Second, do you think this would fly with Congress or the White House? Of course not. Now everyone settle down, this is a complete uproar over nothing.
39 posted on 11/15/2003 4:00:49 PM PST by rs79bm (Insert Democratic principles and ideals here: .............this space intentionally left blank.....)
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To: JohnnyRidden
What's the deal?

It is no wonder this country is steep diving into an abyss of no return....What is next on the agenda to total annihilation?

40 posted on 11/15/2003 4:01:11 PM PST by ejo
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