Lord knows that this country could use some decency.







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Congressional bill would allow FCC to fine 'fleeting occurrences'

Jeff Johnson - OneNewsNow - 2/5/2008 11:00:00 AM



Pro-family groups are asking Congress to expand the Federal Communications
Commission's authority to control indecency on broadcast television.





Lawyers for the major broadcast television networks may be the only ones
who are familiar with the phrase "fleeting occurrences." Those networks
say they should be allowed to air brief full nudity and individual obscene
words, even during the so-called "family hour."

But Shari Rendall with Concerned Women for America hopes a bill currently
before the Senate will clear up any confusion in the courts over the
agency's authority. "S. 1780 is a bill that would allow the FCC to find a
single word or image ... considered indecent," she explains.

All three broadcast networks are currently fighting fines imposed by the
FCC, claiming the agency has no right to limit "fleeting occurrences" of
profanity or nudity. She contends broadcasters are trying to "cripple the
FCC's ability to control indecent programming when children are in the
viewing audience."

However, the networks argue the FCC has never fined fleeting occurrences
before and should not hold them to a different standard now -- especially
for live broadcasts. But pro-family groups like Rendall's argue that
technology has changed and most live broadcasts -- like ABC's Good Morning
America, which recently aired the "f-word" -- are not really live anymore.


"That [broadcast] is on delay," argues Rendall. "There is no reason that
[expletives] can't be bleeped out."

Bill S. 1780, known as the Protecting Children from Indecent Programming
Act, has nine bi-partisan co-sponsors.














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Lord knows that this country could use some decency.