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US television regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may not have the right to police American airwaves, a court has ruled. The ruling is a blow to a George W Bush-led clampdown on on-air swearing. The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York has said that an indecency finding in 2006 against …

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  1. Alex

    FCC?

    Aw fuck'em!

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    OMFG

    Typical Yanks. Don't allow your kids to hear swearing on TV, but let them have guns!!! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/17/baby_bubba_tools_up/

    Sheesh!

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  3. Edwin

    Eric Idle's thoughts on the topic

    For those that haven't heard it, Idle introduces it as:

    "Here’s a little song I wrote the other day while I was out duck hunting with a judge… It’s a new song, it’s dedicated to the FCC and if they broadcast it, it will cost a quarter of a million dollars."

    Enjoy from http://www.pythonline.com/plugs/idle/

    (more from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_Song)

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  4. kain preacher

    Typical Yanks.

    hey hey thats the Christian right. those are the same people that hate any thing that is different then them.

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  5. Adam West

    Remember what the MPAA says...

    "Horrific deplorable violence is ok, as long as nobody uses any naughty words"

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  6. Pascal Monett Silver badge

    But why . .

    Why don't they just ban children looking at TV ? Or why don't they make a law stating that it is illegal to let children watch TV after a given hour ?

    These music awards, they didn't get broadcast at 4 P.M., right ? What is a child (meaning under 13 years) doing in front of the TV after 8 P.M. anyway ?

    Oh, I forgot. This is America - the Land of the Free From Responsibility. Anything goes, as long as the Reverend approves.

    And the Reverend approves of killing, we all know that. But swearing ? God no.

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  7. Josh Hamilton

    We're not ALL so stuck up, you know...

    This is why some of us get a little twitchy now and then; the fear that the Religious Right is on the verge of completely taking over and invoking a purge of non-believers...

    Don't fret yet however, the GOP is almost certainly headed out the door in 2008 for a solid 8 years. Maybe then we can get back to enjoying our no longer secretive hedonistic lifestyles.

    The FCC can suck it! (just not before 8pm on broadcast TV, apparently)

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