(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court is considering whether government regulators may still police the airwaves for curse words and other coarse content at a time when so many Americans have unregulated cable television, and the Internet is awash in easily accessible adult material.
The justices are hearing arguments Tuesday in a First Amendment case that pits the Obama administration against the nation's television networks. The material at issue includes the isolated use of expletives as well as fines against broadcasters who showed a woman's nude buttocks on a 2003 episode of ABC's "NYPD Blue."
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I just wish the television industry themselves could be smart enough to control the language!
There are some shows I'd like to watch but can't stand to for all the "bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep".
What a ridiculous waste of airtime!
As soon as all the bleeping starts, I change the channel.
There's NO reason and NO need to be spouting the F word like they do on some of these shows!
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