Posted on 04/04/2013 4:13:16 PM PDT by Morgana
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 4, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The FCC is seeking comments from the public as they consider relaxing their obscenity standards for broadcast television and radio. If adopted the new, lower standards would allow brief “non-sexual” nudity and isolated expletives even during prime time, when most families are typically watching with their children.
Currently, broadcasters face heavy fines for violations of the indecency policy, which bans strong curse words and most nudity. But as media culture grows coarser, the backlog of reported offenses has grown unmanageable for the FCC, leading Chairman Julius Genachowski to order the Enforcement Bureau to reduce the backlog by focusing only on “egregious cases” and dismissing as many of the others as they can.
Since September 2012, the Bureau has reduced its case load by 70 percent, according to a memo released Monday by the FCC. More than a million indecency complaints have been dismissed, many of them because the statute of limitations had expired or they were considered “too stale to pursue.”
Now, the Commission is seeking public comment on whether or not they should permanently relax the indecency standard to include only the most egregious offenses.
Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association, is urging those concerned about the impact of the proposed policy on children to take advantage of the public comment period and tell the FCC not to relax the rules.
“American society is moving further and further away from the Biblical standards of morals and decency set by God, to the point that we have to worry about what our children view in the supermarket checkout, in their school textbooks, and now even in their own homes on television and radio,” said Wildmon. “We’re urging the FCC to uphold high decency standards in entertainment in order to protect America’s children and families.”
Specifically, the FCC is asking citizens to weigh in on how much cursing is too much, and whether nudity should be treated differently than swearing. Citizens are also invited to offer their thoughts on anything else having to do with the indecency standards.
The filing period lasts only through the end of the month.
Comments may be submitted to the FCC online by using the Electronic Filing System and referencing Proceeding No. 13-86, or by referencing GN Docket No. 13-86 through mail at:
Commission’s Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554
For additional instructions and ways to contact the FCC, read their press release here.
“Are you saying corporations have more rights in America than individuals?”
Corporations do not have more rights than individuals, but they have the same rights as individuals.
I think we can all agree that corporations are protected by the Constitution.
Gotta make it more understandable to the folks who live in the hood!
BARRY’S FCC. Just what we need, more nudity and profanity on the boob tube. The kids will love it! I’m glad I don’t have any kids living in the house anymore.
“That’s rather like saying a child should say “no” to a molester. We can make those decisions but children cannot. It’s up to the TV stations to ensure that the viewers are all adults.”
Poor analogy.
A TV network acts within the law, a child molester breaks the law.
My kids will turn it off.
So you do favor the Federal Government regulation private business as long as you personally disagree with the current business model of the business you want to regulate?
ROFLMAO! I don't believe that for a second.........
bread and circuses..
My remote came with ‘off,’ ‘on’ and ‘channel’ buttons.
No TV.
Netflix and Hulu.
Both of those I can control.
No Cable Bill!
“My remote came with ‘off,’ ‘on’ and ‘channel’ buttons.”
I understand that we now have the technology to turn off the TV or even swith the channel.
Technology is amazing!
...I would rather hear the blue language than the constant bleeps furnished by the “cleanup techs”.
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This lady prefers the beeps, thank you.
BTW, the History Channel is cable and not subject to the FCC rules discussed here. They are not required to do the bleeps.
Being Pro Business is a Conservative position.
Therefore, I do not want the Federal Government to regulate what is broadcast as TV network entertainment or TV network news.
I understand that you may disagree and that is quite alright.
“Non-sexual nudity” and that would include bare bottoms in the process of having bowel movements, or could be penises while urinating, right.
I wasn’t even forced to get DirecTV to begin with. I had to call them to subscribe.
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