Court throws out FCC fines for cursing, nudity

Started by walkstall, June 21, 2012, 10:53:51 AM

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walkstall

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The Supreme Court ruling was unanimous and written by Justice Anthony Dennedy.







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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously threw out fines and other penalties against broadcast companies that violated the Federal Communications Commission policy regulating curse words and nudity on television airwaves.

But the justices declined to issue a broad ruling on the constitutionality of the FCC's indecency policy. Instead, the court concluded only that broadcasters could not have known in advance that obscenities uttered during awards show programs and a brief display of nudity on an episode of ABC's "NYPD Blue" could give rise to penalties. ABC and 45 affiliates were hit with proposed fines totaling nearly $1.24 million.

The justices said the FCC is free to revise its indecency policy, which is intended to keep the airwaves free of objectionable material during the hours when children are likely to be watching.


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ccd2002

I think the public in general needs to have laws banning public displays of cursing,nudity and other objectionable talk and immoral acts.

Man! there is a woman in my neighborhood who needs to be confined for her irrational behavior.She has multiple personality disorders for which she needs treatment.She has one son in prison,another son got killed in a traffic accident,and her daughter is a drug addict.This woman is a wildcat!

mdgiles

Quote from: ccd2002 on June 21, 2012, 11:31:53 AM
I think the public in general needs to have laws banning public displays of cursing,nudity and other objectionable talk and immoral acts.

Man! there is a woman in my neighborhood who needs to be confined for her irrational behavior.She has multiple personality disorders for which she needs treatment.She has one son in prison,another son got killed in a traffic accident,and her daughter is a drug addict.This woman is a wildcat!
Yeah, but is she showing up on your TV?
"LIBERALS: their willful ignorance is rivaled only by their catastrophic stupidity"!

ccd2002

Quote from: mdgiles on June 21, 2012, 11:34:47 AM
Yeah, but is she showing up on your TV?


No,and I didn't mean to imply that she was on tv.She sure dirties up the air in the neighborhood.!