The Olympics May Be Obscene!

[Achán hiNidráne]

Just when you thought that the FCC couldn't get any loopier. Here it is, in the name of (spit) "the public interest:"

http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000735588

WHO are these bastards who comb the TV channels for anything that they deem "offensive?" Can't they get a less totalitarian hobby? Stamp collecting is nice.

[Donks]

My guess is that somebody complained at the naked suits some of the male performers were wearing. If so, saw it coming a mile away, commented on it on a thread during the ceremonies.

[Achán hiNidráne]

Originally posted by Donks
My guess is that somebody complained at the naked suits some of the male performers were wearing. If so, saw it coming a mile away, commented on it on a thread during the ceremonies.

What irks me is that this is being done on the pretense of one... count 'em, ONE... complaint. Not to mention the article mentions that this PTC doesn't think ENOUGH is being done to meddle in our viewing pleasure.

I'm not a fan of the liberal/Democrat side of the American political equation, but part of me was kind of hoping for Gore to win in 2000. (At least on social issues, otherwise keep the Left away from the economy.) Then again, things might not really have changed all that much. There are quite a few Dems (e.g. Joe Libermann, Tipper Gore) who are just as anti-free speech as any card-carry member of the X-ian Right.

[Rob Lister]

Originally posted by Mark A. Siefert
Just when you thought that the FCC couldn't get any loopier. Here it is, in the name of (spit) "the public interest:"

http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000735588

WHO are these bastards who comb the TV channels for anything that they deem "offensive?" Can't they get a less totalitarian hobby? Stamp collecting is nice.

From the article:

The FCC investigates allegations of indecent broadcasts when it receives complaints.

So, upon receiving the complaint or complaints they should have done what?

So far I have no beef. I saw that particular airing and found it very weird but not indecent. If the FCC fines them, then I'll be disturbed.

[WildCat]

Originally posted by Mark A. Siefert
I'm not a fan of the liberal/Democrat side of the American political equation, but part of me was kind of hoping for Gore to win in 2000. (At least on social issues, otherwise keep the Left away from the economy.) Then again, things might not really have changed all that much. There are quite a few Dems (e.g. Joe Libermann, Tipper Gore) who are just as anti-free speech as any card-carry member of the X-ian Right.
You'd think Gore would have been more lax even though his wife got the whole censorship ball rolling w/ her Parents' Music Resource Center group?

The Gore's probably keep their kids away from lakes when the fish are spawning.

[nightwind]

Oh my gosh. Well this just about takes the cake. I guess next they will be having the girl gymnast wearing bloomers. Good thing they weren't watching back in the days, when the Europeans didn't shave under their arms. Ha.

The FCC has turned into one of the stupidiest agencies that I have seen. You would think that someone up there would have some common sense.

This certainly has to be fueled by some fanatical right organization. But what is disturbing is that the FCC goes along with these wackos. Sheesh.

[Jabberwock]

Here's the PTC's best and worst shows list:
http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/reports/top10bestandworst/main.asp
while I occasionally watch "Raymond" and "Arcadia," the other shows on their best list make my tooth fillings hurt.

[Ove]

The Federal Communications Commission’s enforcement bureau

You know, a board like that reminds me of the worst stories heard from behind the iron curtain. NOBODY should decide what other people are "allowed" to see, NOBODY.
So, upon receiving the complaint or complaints they should have done what?
Like i said they shouldn't exist in the first place BUT a very good reaction would be to shake your head in disbelief and then file the letter vertically, in the waste basket.;) This certainly has to be fueled by some fanatical right organization.

Like the republican party?:D

[Zep]

How many times must I say this...


1) Make a list of every single show on TV.

2) Find something wrong with every one of them, something not PC.

3) Write a complaint about all of them to the FCC.

4) Watch the FCC either disappear up its own fundamental orifice in a sideways spiral trying to investigate all the complaints, or chuck ALL these and similar complaints away as vexatious (either is good).

5) Watch what you want to watch on TV.

[Luke T.]

In other news, JREF bans anything that is considered indecent, pornographic, obscene, or contains excessive reference to violence. (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=42936)

[DaChew]

I suggest to those interested in the workings of the FCC the actual website FCC.gov for some interesting reading. You'll find, for instance, bios on the sitting commissioners. Their names are:


Michael K. Powell
Chairman

Kathleen Q. Abernathy
Commissioner

Michael J. Copps
Commissioner

Kevin J. Martin
Commissioner

Jonathan S. Adelstein
Commissioner

Two of the folks on the commission, Copps and Adelstein, worked for Democrats prior to being appointed to the commission. So, the FCC is bipartisan and if their recent indecency decisions are an indication, they don't appear to split down party lines.

Washington, D.C.: The Federal Communications Commission today issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order denying two complaints by Parents Television Council against WBDC Broadcasting, Inc., and other WB Television Network affiliates, alleging that WBDC-TV, Washington, D.C., and other WB affiliate stations aired indecent material on October 3 and 10, 2002, during two episodes of the “Off Centre� program.

The Commission concluded that the episodes were not sufficiently explicit or graphic to be indecent.

By the Commission: Chairman Powell, Commissioners Abernathy and Adelstein with Commissioners Copps and Martin dissenting, FCC 04-234, October 1, 2004. Joint Statement issued by Commissioners Abernathy and Adelstein, separate statements issued by Commissioners Copps and Martin.


So, Adelstein, who worked for Tom Daschle, voted with Powell and Abernathy in denying complaints from PTC. Copps, who was on Ernest Hollings staff and Martin, who worked on the Bush-Cheney transition team, voted in favor of sanctions.

In fact, Adelstein thought the fines levied with regard to boobbowl to be totally inadequate.

I think that the idea that the FCC is a right wing star chamber is a little far-fetched regardless of what Howard Stern might like people to believe.

[Ove]

Well it is common known that there are only two major political fractions in USA, thoose on the Right Wing and those on the Really Really Right Wing.:p