>>>Let’s file an FCC complaint against CNN or MSNBC for airing profanity
The FCC has no regulatory authority over content on CABLE networks. Find another windmill to tilt.
Actually, the FCC had in the past tried to regulate cable and I think it’s a periodic effort.
I say file the complaint anyway. Post it on a blog.
Believe it or not, I think this is a huge deal. I saw last night a WSJ roundtable (on Fox, I think) about how Obama is degrading the presidency with his personal attacks, etc.
This is quick-soundbyte way of explaining this. This wasn’t a stupid remark on an open mic, this was a prepared remark for an event that would be broadcast on national cable television. An event where bytes are often shown on national TV.
So I think this is a nice shorthand symbolic example of the coarseness of the Obama presidency. No president, not even Nixon, not Andrew Jackson, would curse in public remarks. Never.