FCC upset about Victoria's Secret show

[WinkOsmosis]

I don't even know how the FCC can regulate broadcasts in the first place. Isn't that unconstitutional? But wanting to ban lingerie for the sake of "decency" is WAY over the line. People who don't like it should move to China or Soviet Russia, where they can have all the government control they want.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: Jellomancer
I don't even know how the FCC can regulate broadcasts in the first place. Isn't that unconstitutional? But wanting to ban lingerie for the sake of "decency" is WAY over the line. People who don't like it should move to China or Soviet Russia, where they can have all the government control they want.

I think the theory is that broadcast spectrum is a public resource so the FCC was created to bring order to the chaos that was early radio broadcasting. I have no problem with that aspect of their mission since all it really does is assign frequencies and broadcast power and patterns so that broadcasters do not interfere with one another. As far as I am concerned that is where their authority should end but so far the courts have given them some limited power to regulate content during certain hours of the day. If you want to learn more you can do a search on George Carlin's famous 7 words among other things. The single biggest problem broadcasters have in the current climate is that the FCC has not set down hard and fast rules on what can and cannot be broadcast which leads to some very absurd decisions on the part of broadcasters standards and practices departments.

 

[Keego]

It's just how today's society likes it. I'm glad there are a lot of complaints, I think it's sad where society is today in the view of moral standards and sex in general.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
If you don't like it, change the channel.

They should senjjd those idiots over hjere to europe, where tjhey show porns on regular cable in the middle of the afternoon.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: aphexII

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
If you don't like it, change the channel.

They should senjjd those idiots over hjere to europe, where tjhey show porns on regular cable in the middle of the afternoon.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: aphexII

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
If you don't like it, change the channel.

They should senjjd those idiots over hjere to europe, where tjhey show porns on regular cable in the middle of the afternoon.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

absolutely jnot. Are tjhe people over jhere hurt in any way by seeing a little tittie? Of coujrse not.

Thjese idiots who want to censor this stuff need to

A) Move OUT of the land of freedom
or
B) Learn to TUJRN THE FREAKING TV OFF IF THEY DONT AGREE

 

[minus1972]

Originally posted by: Jellomancer
I don't even know how the FCC can regulate broadcasts in the first place. Isn't that unconstitutional? But wanting to ban lingerie for the sake of "decency" is WAY over the line. People who don't like it should move to China or Soviet Russia, where they can have all the government control they want.

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In Soviet Russia, broadcasts regulate you!









sorry.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: aphexII

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: aphexII

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
If you don't like it, change the channel.

They should senjjd those idiots over hjere to europe, where tjhey show porns on regular cable in the middle of the afternoon.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

absolutely jnot. Are tjhe people over jhere hurt in any way by seeing a little tittie? Of coujrse not.

Thjese idiots who want to censor this stuff need to

A) Move OUT of the land of freedom
or
B) Learn to TUJRN THE FREAKING TV OFF IF THEY DONT AGREE

The dutch (as I'm sure you've noticed) are incredibly level-headed folks considering all the stuff they're exposed to that should utterly corrupt their society according to US standards (pr0n, prostitution, drugs, gay politicians, etc).

What's with all the extra "J"s anyway?

 

[kherman]

This was sparked by viewer complaints. once again, people do not know how to CHANGE THE FVCKING CHANEL! What did they expect, cute puppies playing with kittens?

 

[Grasshopper27]

Originally posted by: Fausto1
Ahh..the FCC. You can have essentially unlimited amounts of violence and other crap on the tube, BUT WE BETTER NOT SEE ANY BOOBIES DAMMIT!!

Morons.

 

[CaesarX]

That's right folks. 150 out of 15,000,000 people who saw the show were upset, so let's overhaul the system!

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: pillage2001
SOmehow, those guys that complaint must be ghey in away.

"Mr. Copps, the lone Democrat on the commission, said he did not watch the fashion show that was broadcast at 9 p.m. on Viacom Inc.'s CBS television network."


It's funny, because when censorship is usually discussed most people think it's the Republicans that want to censor everyone.

 

[vi edit]

It's funny, because when censorship is usually discussed most people think it's the Republicans that want to censor everyone.

You can thank Tipper Gore and *I think* Joe Liberman for the parental adivsory stickers on music CD's and the push to prevent kids from buying albums with foul language.

 

[bizmark]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

It's funny, because when censorship is usually discussed most people think it's the Republicans that want to censor everyone.

You can thank Tipper Gore and *I think* Joe Liberman for the parental adivsory stickers on music CD's and the push to prevent kids from buying albums with foul language.

I'm pretty sure that Lieberman is in the forefront of the push to regulate video games more strictly, and I think he had something to do with music CDs as well. Bah, laziness.... it would be so easy to google it.

 

[hungrypete]

You know, I have this fear of waking up to find myself in a communist country.
*piches self*

You had near-naked women going down the runway, and young girls see this and think this is how beautiful women are supposed to act," said Jan LaRue, chief counsel of Concerned Women for America.

Let's say it together. Britney motherf*@*ing Spears.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

It's funny, because when censorship is usually discussed most people think it's the Republicans that want to censor everyone.

You can thank Tipper Gore and *I think* Joe Liberman for the parental adivsory stickers on music CD's and the push to prevent kids from buying albums with foul language.

I actually agree with that, but unfortunately it doesn't go far enough and require you to be a certain age to buy them. Or maybe the parents don't go far enough and actually heed the warning. I worked in a music store, and I can't begin to tell you how wrong it felt selling a lot of that crap to kids. It makes no sense dropping one f-bomb in a movie will restrict it to adults, but kids can buy an album full of them.

 

[bonk102]

i think 300 people out of 12 milliion is what, .000025 percent (correct me if i'm wrong), so how is that a valid opinion of "public interest",

 

[hungrypete]

I worked in a music store, and I can't begin to tell you how wrong it felt selling a lot of that crap to kids

Umm here in Missouri you gotta be 18... you were selling those to kids?

 

[vi edit]

I actually agree with that, but unfortunately it doesn't go far enough and require you to be a certain age to buy them. Or maybe the parents don't go far enough and actually heed the warning. I worked in a music store, and I can't beging to tell you how wrong it felt selling a lot of that crap to kids. It makes no sense dropping one f-bomb in a movie will restrict it to adults, but kids can buy an album full of them.

They tried that in '92 or so.