US Senate panel to examine decency (on television) issues Nov. 29

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WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee said on Tuesday it plans later this month to discuss indecent content aired on television to determine how to proceed on potential legislation to limit such material.

Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens plans to convene a public forum on Nov. 29 that will include representatives of television broadcasters, cable companies and content providers, the committee said.

The U.S. House of Representatives earlier this year approved legislation to raise fines to as much as $500,000 from $32,500 on television broadcasters and entertainers who violate decency limits on the air. The Senate has yet to act.

Television and radio broadcasters are barred from airing obscene material and they are limited to showing indecent content, typically sexually explicit or profanity laden material, to late night hours when children are less likely to be in the audience.

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Don't they have anything better to do?

Televisions have v-chips (and "off" buttons), cable boxes have parental control filters, television programs have ratings and live broadcasts have multi-second delays. :eyes:

The bridge to bullshit.

Maybe they can spotlight 'Congressmen Gone Wild' and the things they'll do to get elected...

Reichwing festering buckets of pus.

Republicans are for bigger government.

The crap that comes out of his mouth ain't decent at all.

:party:

Democrats should attack Republicans for supporting big government and Democrats should stand up for the freedom of adult Americans to watch whatever they want on cable TV.

This is an easy issue for Democrats to be on the right side of, but watch some stupid Dems stand up and side with the pro-censorship Republicans.

We should be against censorship.

they have nothing better to do? :shrug:

on the 700 Club. . .and that blue-haired monstrosity masquerading as a "christian" on that all-God-all-the-time network.

I'd rather see ugly old people having sex than the insult-to-anyone-with-a-functioning-Cerebellum DREK they pump out ANY day!