Supreme Court To Rule On TV Censorship 426
Khashishi writes "The LA times and the Associated Press report that the FCC v. Fox Television Stations case is being heard in the Supreme Court. The FCC policy would impose a heavy fine on use of 'indecent' words on broadcast television, which Fox and others are claiming is a violation of free speech. The case was appealed after being ruled in Fox's favor in a federal appeals court in New York. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Antonin Scalia support the FCC policy of censorship." Here's a transcript (PDF) of the oral arguments.
Conservative moralists vs. Fox?!? (Score:4, Funny)
Hardocre Sex Channel (Score:5, Funny)
You know, Fox turned into a hardcore sex channel so gradually, I didn't even notice!
Awww, So Much Headline Potential Wasted (Score:5, Funny)
Words (Score:5, Funny)
Shit, piss, cunt, fuck, cocksucker, motherfucker and tits
Re:Awww, So Much Headline Potential Wasted (Score:4, Funny)
CENSORSHIP!
V-Chip (Score:4, Funny)
Thanks to mandating the V-Chip in every television set and tuner over 10 years ago there really isn't any excuse that people can receive "offensive" or "inappropriate" content. Parents and those who agree to tap into the airwaves (people who buy the TV) have to configure it: plain and simple. I mean, we trust them to configure their equipment already to tune to specific channels, right?
Re:A monument to free speech (Score:5, Funny)
And we shall call it: "the internet".
Obligatory (Score:5, Funny)
Freakin' FCC was sung by Peter, Brian, and Stewie in FG417 "PTV":
Peter: They will clean up all your talking in a manner such as this
Brian: They will make you take a tinkle when you want to take a piss
Stewie: And they'll make you call fellatio a trouser-friendly kiss
Peter, Brian, & Stewie: It's the plain situation! There's no negotiation!
Peter: With the fellows at the freakin FCC!
Brian: They're as stuffy as the stuffiest of the special interest groups...
Peter: Make a joke about your bowels and they order in the troops
Stewie: Any baby with a brain could tell them everybody poops!
Peter, Brian, & Stewie: Take a tip, take a lesson! You'll never win by messin'
Peter: With the fellas at the freakin' FCC And if you find yourself with some young sexy thing
You're gonna have to do her with your ding-a-ling, Cause you can't say penis!
So they sent this little warning they're prepared to do their worst
Brian: And they stuck it in your mailbox hoping you could be coerced
Stewie: I can think of quite another place they should have stuck it first!
Peter, Brian, & Stewie: They may just be neurotic Or possibly psychotic They're the fellas at the freakin FCC!
Re:Conservative moralists vs. Fox?!? (Score:3, Funny)
You're forgetting that Fox made famous The Simpsons, Family Guy, Married...with Children, and many other shows which wouldn't have been given chances on other networks.
Those shows aren't really bad, they're just drawn that way.
Re:Fuck the FCC (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Words (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Awww, So Much Headline Potential Wasted (Score:3, Funny)
The worst thing about Censorship is [comment removed by admin].
High court favors "fucking strong" indecency rule (Score:3, Funny)
Conservative Supreme Court judges want to uphold an FCC crackdown on the use of salty language during daytime and early evening hours. [today.com]
U.S. Solicitor General Gregory G. Goatse said the strict regulation of broadcast TV preserved it as a "safety zone" for families with children. "They'll never hear the foul shit they'd hear on the Internet, on cable or, God fucking perish, the schoolyard."
The Federal Communication Commission imposes heavy fines on broadcasters who broadcast any of "shit," "piss", "fuck," "cunt," "cocksucker," "motherfucker" or "tits," though saying them in sequence functions as a First Amendment "cheat code" and is allowed as artistic expression. Broadcasters can be fined more than $325,000 for a single utterance of the F-word, even some fuckhead blurting it out on a live broadcast.
Chief Justice John G. Lemonparty Jr. and Justice Antonin Stilea dominated Tuesday's argument and strongly supported the FCC.
Stilea said he understood that foul words would be heard at a football or baseball game. "Those assholes ain't fit for polite company. But TV's a different fucking one cup of two girls. TV coarsens the public debate, not like that fucking Internet thing. I'm not persuaded by the argument that people are more accustomed to hearing this shit than they were in the past."
During Tuesday's argument, only Justice Ruth Bader Tubgirl, waving her naked hairy butt at the courtroom, suggested the court delve into the 1st Amendment issues that underlay this dispute. It is "the fucking huge pile of elephant dung in the room," she said. "I can't believe this fucking retarded goddamn bullshit."
Re:2 Elephants in the Room (Score:3, Funny)
In general usage, it's definition seems to be "a generic expletive stronger than damn but not as funny as mongolian cluster fuck".
I thought that sounded odd so I looked it up in my Unabridged Oxford English Dictionary, and fuck me running, that's definition #3.
Re:2 Elephants in the Room (Score:3, Funny)
Twitter.
No, not the service but the /. troll. That's my favorite but no one understands unless they read /. so, well, that is no one around here. But you get some really good looks with, "You're such a fucking Twitter."
I imagine people think I'm using a long form of the word "twit" though that's not the case. I get some strange looks.