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FCC Chairman Powell wants to increase broadcast censorship [fs]
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:55:11 -0500
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14369-2004Jan13.html FCC Chairman Seeks Reversal on Profanity By Frank Ahrens Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, January 14, 2004; Page E01Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael K. Powell asked his four fellow commissioners yesterday to overturn a heavily criticized agency ruling that found a profanity uttered on network television by rock-and-roller Bono was not indecent.
If passed by the five-member FCC commission, Powell's proposal would outlaw Bono's profanity in almost all instances, singling it out as the one word that would nearly guarantee an FCC fine if uttered between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. on radio and broadcast television. Exceptions would include if the profanity is used in a political situation; the FCC's indecency rules include no mandates that might chill political speech.
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