Ran across this article and thought it presented a very interesting, valid question.
"In a hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York on Wednesday, a panel of judges pressed the government on why certain words should be considered indecent in an awards show broadcast, but not in other circumstances such as news programs."
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyid=2006-12-20T173335Z_01_N20397461_RTRUKOC_0_US-FCC-NETWORKS.xml&src=rss
2006-12-20 05:11:45 · 7 answers · asked by BeachBum 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I think the FCC purports to look at things like channel (broadcast v. cable), intended audience (I would assume awards shows would be general and the news has as few restrictions as possible), time it comes on, etc. You would think that governmental regulation of news would be more difficult and would have to pass a higher level of scrutiny. Here are the FCC obscenity regs:
www.ucop.edu/irc/services/documents/indecencymemo.pdf
Hope that helps!
2006-12-20 05:17:35 · answer #1 · answered by Angry Daisy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like anything to do with media it is target audiences. Time and place for everything. Live shows like BBMA and the Grammies along with The Superbowl attract a much different audience then the Oscars or Kennedy Center Awards. It is a way to keep people in check and things in good taste. As for the news, our news (Canada) is not censored as much as the American mainstream news. It is not uncommon for us to see raw unedited features on our 11pm news.
2006-12-20 16:29:05 · answer #2 · answered by Cherry_Blossom 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 07:46:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are times when more youths watch TV.
2006-12-21 09:10:40 · answer #4 · answered by Darth Vader 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by your words you shall be condemned and by your words you shall be justified.
out of the heart the mouth speaks
I censure what I hear by seperating myself or by not recieving what I hear as truth.
watch out for the offence... you will become it's prisonner
2006-12-20 05:21:04 · answer #5 · answered by lovefights 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thats only because **** but no body gives a **** because of the pussy in congress.
2006-12-20 05:15:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
context
but it seems silly to me.....
2006-12-20 05:18:56 · answer #7 · answered by truth seeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋