So, has the FCC fined CNN for allowing "bull----" to go over the air?

[zbdent]

If I understand the law correctly, a caller to the Howard Stern show can cause Howard Stern to be fined if an "obscene" word gets on the air - because he was unable to stop it.

So, with the Right-Wing fascists controlling the FCC, are they going to fine CNN, the moderator, and James Carville for allowing James Novak to get an obscene word out over the air on live TV?

Sounds to me like they'd do that . . .

[JuniorPlankton]

1. No, it's cable

the rules are different there...

[QuettaKid]

3. different is right....

you ever see The L Word or Queer as Folk!?!?:woohoo:

[LeftNYC]

2. Lets fill their inboxes with emails...

saying how offended we are that a "respected journalist" such as Nofactsula is still on the air...

[emulatorloo]

9. 1) you can say bullsh*t on cable 2) they already suspended him

EOM

[davepc]

4. Cable outlets don't fall under the FCC jurisdiction re: obscenity

The "public" airwaves and programming that you bring into your house on a piece of wire or through a satellite equipped with a signal decoder are not the same thing.

[ihaveaquestion]

5. You don't want them to

because that would mean they'd be regulating cable shows and we don't want them to go there.

Personally, I don't think they should fine Howard Stern and they definately shouldn't have fined CBS (it was CBS, wasn't it?) for Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction." It's all a pile of bull$hit to quote Mr. NoFacts!

[redwitch]

6. OMG how funny!- the unitarian jihad thing

You may call me Sister Sword of Forgiveness!

[ihaveaquestion]

8. Welcome to the fold, Sister!

:headbang:

[Todd B]

7. Exactly.

I don't want a precidence set to allow fines for other shows - hell, I just want them to stop fining broadcast television.

Quit telling me what I can and cannot hear - if I don't like something, I should be able to decide myself that I won't listen.