The future of broadcast television isn't the only thing at stake in the Supreme Court's case weighing the constitutionality of "indecency" rules governing prime-time television—a ruling could also affect radio censorship. On Tuesday, the high court heard oral arguments on the constitutionality of banning nipple slips and four-letter words on television in the much-anticipated case Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, et al. During the arguments, SCOTUS blog's Lyle Denniston latched onto an interesting exchange about the viability of letting TV networks broadcast profanity while keeping radio broadcasting rules the same:
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3 comments:
Honestly I do not think anything should be censored on television. If you do not want to run the risk of seeing something you do not want to see then dont watch that particular station. To regulate what is on television is to regulate what we as people are allowed to see and that is unconstitutional.
10:52 AM
lol What?!
The first time I hear the F bomb dropped on any radio station, that'll be the last time I EVER tune into that station again!
It's bad enough on tv you regularly hear bleep, bleep, bleep.
There's NO need for it! Period!
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