[Dr. Frank fan]

This is nothing but an instigating publicity stunt. The idea that FCC would fine a TV Station for showing Saving Private Ryan is complete and utter nonsense. And the guy knows it.

All he (Cole) is trying to do is make people THINK that the FCC would fine him for showing Saving Private Ryan, because he wants to affect the political situation so that people clamor for the FCC to tone it down.

Again: it's a phony stunt. People who take this at face value are utterly naive.

[sharktrager]

The fact is, ABC is right to make this point. The FCC arbitrarily fines for certain words? That is not what America is supposed to be about.

Either the words are allowed, or they are not. But to have some bureaucrat decide is not what I think the Founding Fathers had in mind.

[Rakkasan1]

you're correct.
this film already been aired on TV several times in prior years and the FCC had a total of one complaint.
Comparing this to a boob showing a boob on TV is pretty silly. One was unannounced and surprise on the unsuspecting
viewing public. The other is a known commodity with a disclaimer shown prior to broadcast.