Originally posted by Double-J:
I think the FCC is moving in the right direction, but at the wrong things - I don't need to see this crap on my TV, such as a Viagra/Cialis/dick enhancer every 5 minutes, or an ad for a fucking tampon. It's rather tacky, and in my humble opinion, is quite intrusive.
And as long as we're at it, let's get ALL the fucking drug ads off the air, because they are quite annoying and pointless, since most don't even tell you what to do.
When they sart regulating the internet, you may no be allowed to write "dick" or "fucking".
there is quite a bit of things I find inappropriate (i.e. Sex in the City on TBS last night, talking about oral, anal, vagina sex, etc. On HBO that is fine, but on cable, it's pushing the envelope quite a bit)
Yeah, shocking, isn't it? Apparently you were watching, though. Why didn't you simply turn it off if you were offended?
There is a serious difference here between historical relevance and bad taste. The above are in bad taste. By not showing SPR, it shows that ABC has no balls. If the FCC did fine them, there would be massive public backlash; showing the movie would have done nothing to their (ABC's) PR but helped it.
All it takes is one complaint. Read YoTonyB's post.
Do you find it at all disturbing that they have driven Howard Stern off the air and on to satellite radio?
No. If you feel the need to watch his X-rated foolishness, then pay for it, the same way you pay to watch The Sopranos or Sex in the City on HBO, or pay to watch adult channels on your cable/satellite. It doesn't belong on strictly
public airwaves (radio or otherwise), and even pushes the limits of cable.
Pushes the limits for cable? Uh-oh. You wanna start regulating that next? Then the internet? Then what? Do you find it at all disturbing the the five commissioners of the FCC, four of whom were appointed by President Bush, seem to be charting a course in which there will eventually be more censorship of the broadcast media, rather than less?
No, I don't. I don't need to see the latest Jihad pictures from Al Queda, or another shot of WTC coming down, or any other bullshit that they keep pushing down our throats on all the media, especially those leaning towards the left. [/qb][/QUOTE]
Beautiful. The first step towards censoring political content. I guess will all be watching only Mary Poppins soonJust what this country needs. Five beaurocrats in Washington telling us what we can watch and listen to and what we can't.
