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Not much interest anymore from FCC in policing indecency on TV
Observers predict that Genachowski, who is widely rumored to be planning to step down this year, will leave the issue for his successor to handle.
“They’ve waited a long time, and if the chairman waits a little bit longer, he may be gone. So it’ll be somebody else’s headache,” said Andrew Schwartzman, a media attorney opposed to the indecency fines.
“All indications are that Chairman Genachowski does not want to deal with this,” said Dan Isett, director of public policy for the Parents Television Council, which favors aggressive enforcement. “I suspect the chairman is trying to run out the clock.”
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To the Ogabe Regime it’s the “decency” on TV which poses a threat.
viking01 on February 3, 2013 at 9:38 PM
I am a little, no a LOT, “enstunnerated” by my favourite show “Suits” & what is being said on TV, not satelitte or PPV, I might add.
JFKY on February 3, 2013 at 9:39 PM
Indecency, no. Political speech, yes.
Coming in 5… 4… 3…
petefrt on February 3, 2013 at 10:31 PM
Filed under “no duh”.
This is the main reason I will never pay for TV channels: what isn’t timewasting nonsense is immoral bilge that 40 years ago would have got the show’s writers fired for producing.
At this point we might as well just classify anything not for kids under 13 as “possibly adult material” and forget about it. The few pitiful regulations on the filthy minds of the Hollywierdos are that useless.
I can hardly believe this is the same nation that -gaspshockHORROR! – once refused to let sleazeballs, perverts, pottymouths, and traitors hide behind the 1st Amendment. We’ve allowed the cultural equivalent of open-air sewers to be built just about everywhere.
MelonCollie on February 3, 2013 at 10:49 PM
Apparently not…judging from the Super Bowl halftime show…..
….which looked like it was orchestrated by a 42nd Street (NYC) pimp.
viking01 on February 3, 2013 at 10:51 PM
Lots of pervs in the ads, too.
itsnotaboutme on February 3, 2013 at 11:12 PM
FCC has no jurisdiction to police decency on cable networks like USA.
steebo77 on February 4, 2013 at 12:02 AM
I gave up on TV. I watch Netflix, Amazon Prime, and some other rinky-dink services on Roku.
The Rogue Tomato on February 4, 2013 at 12:35 AM
Brent “Bozo” Bozell hardest hit.
Armin Tamzarian on February 4, 2013 at 12:51 AM
are you kidding the Marxists love being able to pipe degrading filth, profanity, and perversion into every home. win win for them.
tom daschle concerned on February 4, 2013 at 2:46 AM
tom daschle concerned on February 4, 2013 at 3:40 AM
I’m not disputing that there’s plenty of filth being pumped into people’s homes that wouldn’t have been allowed as little as twenty years ago – but if you’re really outraged, there IS a solution: turn off the TV and disconnect the cable. Problem solved. Otherwise, shut up about it – because if you’re unwilling to take that simple step, you’re part of the problem.
DRayRaven on February 4, 2013 at 6:28 AM
I watch Netflix or surf the Internet for the most part.
claudius on February 4, 2013 at 9:09 AM
Check out Wallander or Annika Begtson, Crime Reporter in Swedish on Netflix for a real treat!
claudius on February 4, 2013 at 9:11 AM