fox news aired the word FUCK

ok folks...for all of you who were frothing at the mouth over this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=1257521&mesg_id=1260915

and indecency in broadcast rules. ...during a live broadcast of the implosion of philly's verteran's stadium, a bystander clearly yelled FUCK YOU AND IT WENT OUT, LIVE OVER FOX'S CABLE NEWS SHOW.

now i'm no expert, and it was on cable but......?

So what?

NOT. Remember the #1 rule: Republicans can do no wrong. And if they do, IT WASN'T THEIR FAULT.

The bystander was probably yelling at a picture of Clinton, which would justify everything.

http://www.wgoeshome.com

I think I heard Michael Powell say something to that effect. I'm not sure what the difference is.

has no oversight of cable networks.

The only difference between broadcast and cable is how it gets connected to your TV set.

You pay to get cable, yet all the cable chanels air the same amount of commercials. Commercials are there to pay for everything.

Sounds public to me.

the broadcast networks "buy" a license from the government to use the public airwaves, which is a set of frequencies owned by the public. Companies must agree to certain restrictions in return for being granted a license to use these airwaves.

Cable does NOT use these airwaves, and therefore is much less restricted in what they can broadcast.

But let's leave it as this: Michael Powell is engaging in a "friendly visit" at Rupert Murdoch's mansion... :evilgrin:

In all seriousnss, FOX just pulled a Bono. If Bono gets slapped, so should FOX. Equally. Period. Otherwise, it's another example of the hypocracy our repuke-controlled fascist state is.

Hypocracy: Amalgamated word composed of "hypocrist" and "democracy".

Probably once or twice a year, the live mics at sports events pick up someone uttering something considered unsuitable for broadcast.

Although no one seemed to mind when one of the characters on General Hospital muttered "shithead" under his breath. On broadcast TV, in the prime soap opera hour.

It's also not the first time Bono has said, "fuck", during a live awards show. He did it years ago, promising to "continue to do their part to fuck up the mainstream." The press was more interested in Joan Rivers breaking the taboo associated with using "goddamn" on broadcast TV.

To amend section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for the punishment of certain profane broadcasts, and for other purposes. (Introduced in House)

HR 3687 IH

108th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3687

To amend section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for the punishment of certain profane broadcasts, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 8, 2003

Mr. OSE (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for the punishment of certain profane broadcasts, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by inserting `(a)' before `Whoever'; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

`(b) As used in this section, the term `profane', used with respect to language, includes the words `shit', `piss', `fuck', `cunt', `asshole', and the phrases `cock sucker', `mother fucker', and `ass hole', compound use (including hyphenated compounds) of such words and phrases with each other or with other words or phrases, and other grammatical forms of such words and phrases (including verb, adjective, gerund, participle, and infinitive forms).'.

FCC figures since they only have jurisdiction over what goes through the air, not the wire, (wrong, they have jurisdiction, just like they have jurisdiction over telecom matters) they could skull-fuck nuns on FAUX cable news and that'd be OK.

Never mind that only something like 10% of US households don't have cable...

It's all smoke and mirrors, "SEE! We ARE 'doing something' about nekkid titties and 'Fuck'....We fined CC a megabuck, didn't we?"

This FCC approved obscenity is...

I can't help thinking the 'original' Michael Powell would be appalled at the censorship of his namesake.

the theory is that the public airwaves are limited, and owned by the public. The government, on behalf of the public, issues licenses to broadcasters to use these airwaves. Hence, broadcast TV and radio are regulated by the FCC.

Cable is different. They do not use the public airwaves, and therefore the FCC doesn't have much power, if any, to control what goes out on cable.

There was a letter from a reader incensed that the newpaper quoted someone saying "fricking" saying that it was just as obscene as that other word. (I assume the reader meant "fucking")

The newspaper's response was an interesting etymology of "frigging" and "fricking" and concluded that "fricking" is in the same category as "gosh" as a substitute for "god" and therefore acceptable.

they were able to squeeze something not related to terrorism, like the implosion of a stadium - unless it was to demonstrate how Al Qaeda might blow us all to kingdom come at some sporting event. Seriously, they should change their name to The Terror Channel.

they ACTUALLY started the program 2 minutes early....screwing with the commercial break in order to have time to set up the blast before the 7 am. ignition. one of the hosts REALLY likes to see things go boom..fall down and never misses an implosion.

it was pretty cool til the dust obscured the view.