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Originally Posted by FallenAngel5
I have to agree with WI on this one... money does talk, and where you don't spend it talks even louder. Though to touch on another point he made - which may be off topic here - but I don't understand why people who don't like to watch a certain show on TV or listen to a radio show don't just turn it off or change the station. It's as simple as that. I don't like Fox News, nor do I like the Jerry Springer show. So I don't watch them. But I know that other people like to watch them, so I'm not gonna go bitch about how they ought to be taken off the air.
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The mindset on this topic, from the powers that be (former head of the FCC-Michael Powell), is that unchaperoned children should not be infiltrated with indecency in prime time media of any kind. He's gone so far as to say (example) that if a conversion van is riding down a road and has a pornographic video playing on it's onboard VCR or DVD player...the owner can be sited for indecency. That is one extreme case in point. Other concerns are for "latch-key" kids and their time spent at home, alone during prime time hours, and the things they can hear and see on the TV and radio. We can't police the parenting of everyone in the country...so we'll censor the media and stomp on the "Freedom of Speech" amendment, till it's mangled to smitherines! We don't trust that parents can decide what their own children can and can't see and hear. And, how can we weasle into the internet and pay radio (sattelite)?
What the FCC fails to demonstrate is the long term negative resulting effect of said children after viewing what it (the FCC) deems as indecent...even though it cannot name what it deems as indecent. They literally say..."We'll know it when we hear it or see it". and have NEVER listed indecent words or actions, but arbitrarily fined a few media personalities and/or their companies for what they claim was an abundance of claims against them. In reality, when the source of these claims was challenged, a list of a handful of people (nationwide) had sent dozens, if not hundreds, of complaints. That one person makes hundreds of complaints is seen by the FCC as hundreds of complaints...period! The guidelines are not spelled out, and on any given day one person's "indecent" remark may not be indecent if spoken by another person...an icon of society (if you will). For example: the words vagina or masturbation can be used by Oprah Winfrey...but not by Howard Stern (a syndicated talk show host).
Of course George Carlin has spelled out "the seven dirty words" one cannot say in mainstream media...and these words have always been used as a guideline for self imposed censorship. But, in live broadcasts, sometimes these words slip by. NOT anymore, says the FCC! Live media is now expected to have a delay (usually 5-7 seconds...and then it wouldn't be live, would it?) and if a word or action slips by...MAJOR FINE! This can happen on a news report...where a passer by can flash her breasts or a guy can shout "Fuck" or something like that...and WHAMMO...you're busted! But again, if you are Oprah Winfrey...it's ok, and she doesn't even broadcast live!
And the absolute worst part? No one is challenging the FCC's arbitrary rulings. They could take them to court and make them spell out the guidelines...but for some strange reason, that is totally beyond me, no one has yet to do so!!!???