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...wrote: “[…indecency] may merely be a right thing in the wrong place—like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard. We simply hold that when the [FCC] finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof that the pig is obscene...
...when Irish rocker Bono exclaimed, “this is really, really fucking brilliant” during the 2003 Golden Globe Awards, the FCC excused the expletive because it was not used to refer...
...following year, the FCC reversed this ruling and condemned Bono’s speech as indecent and profane, but issued no fine to the network. The FCC’s flip-flop was almost certainly attributable to Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson’s unforgettable half-time show performance during the 2004 Super Bowl...
...FCC has used the outrage inspired by Jackson’s Super Bowl striptease to legitimize the recent restriction of indecent broadcasts, but the “Big 4” networks argue that the adoption of a ratings system in 1997 and the introduction of the v-chip—which allows users to block programming rated for graphic violence, explicit sexual content, and coarse language...
...disagreeing parties are enjoying too greatly the advantages of gridlock: the networks get to cast themselves as constitutional martyrs, the Christian Coalition is able to behave self-righteously, and the FCC is allowed to engage in a little political grandstanding. The only losers are the viewers, who would undoubtedly rather watch TV than this three-ring media circus...