Supreme Court to hear Supremely Stupid FCC case
Am I the only one who sees the contextual differences between the three statements below?
That aside, the fleeting expletive policy is just insane. What if Bono had gotten up there, tripped and banged his head and said ‘FUCK!’, which would be a pretty understandable thing to say?
The fact is that if hearing ‘fuck’ or ’shit’ on the air is going to corrupt your children’s morals, then, I have to say, you are doing a pretty crappy job of raising your kids.
I’m honestly not making fun the desire to keep this language on the air by people who don’t want their kids to hear it. What I’m making fun of is their belief that their children are not only a hair’s breadth away from going all evil and horrible, but that somehow a single word might do it.
We make a number of concessions to this attitude, and many of them reasonable. For example, we keep alot of things (not just words) relegated to timeslots of 10pm and later. I have no problem with asking parents to do something similar, like not letting their kids watch live awards shows.
Court will examine profanity rules - Yahoo! News
The FCC changed its policy on indecency following a January 2003 broadcast of the Golden Globes awards show by NBC when U2 lead singer Bono uttered the phrase “f—— brilliant.” The FCC said the “F-word” in any context “inherently has a sexual connotation” and can trigger enforcement.Sphere: Related ContentNBC challenged the decision, but the case has yet to be resolved.
The Fox programs at issue in the case before the high court are a Dec. 9, 2002, broadcast of the Billboard Music Awards in which singer Cher used the phrase “F— ‘em” and a Dec. 10, 2003, Billboards broadcast in which reality show star Nicole Richie said, “Have you ever tried to get cow s— out of a Prada purse? It’s not so f—— simple.”