Ripping its list of banned four-letter words into blue confetti, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mistakenly has rationalized slang use of the F-word -- or any obsecene expletive -- now is acceptable for prime time television.
Taking the FCC's ruling for what it is -- a green light -- the F-word again was blurted and not censored during the Billboard Music Awards telecast. So brace yourselves and your families, because the air about to turn blue. When happy or angry, the FCC now says characters on network shows may utter any word they want.
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That list of four-letter words not allowed on network TV is so much blue confetti, now that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) winks at the F-word.
While not rewriting official policy, the FCC in effect ripped the list into pieces last October by rationalizing slang use of the F-word is acceptable in prime time television, in this case the Golden Globe awards ceremony. Taking that ruling for what it is -- a green light -- the F-word again was blurted and not censored during the recent Billboard Music Awards telecast.
Maybe FCC Chairman Michael Powell and his commissioners don't mind hearing such obscenities coming from their living-room TV set, but the vast majority of American families do! How about you? Sign the petition below to tell the FCC that its ruling on the F-word, based on its substandard standards, is absolutely unacceptable and must be changed!
Too long the American public has trusted the FCC to guard us against obscene expletives on network TV. Too long the FCC has let us down. Each year produces new lows, as the FCC allows fresh four-letter words to reach our ears. Family hour sitcom characters now are uttering mild obscenities, with following dramas offering partial nudity and foul language, including the S-word.
You haven't heard anything yet! Brace yourselves and your families, because the air about to turn blue. When happy or angry, characters on network shows now may use any word they want. Here's why:
The FCC's Enforcement Bureau rationalizes the F-word does not violate indecent program content when it is a "fleeting and isolated" remark used "as an adjective or expletive to emphasize an exclamation" and not "to describe or depict sexual and excretory organs and activities."
Giving the green light to virtually all four-letter words and obscenities, the ruling states: "we have found that offensive language used as an insult rather than as a description of sexual or excretory activity or organs is not within the scope of the Commission's prohibition of indecent program content.
"Moreover, we have previously found that fleeting and isolated remarks of this nature do not warrant Commission action," claims the Enforcement Bureau. "Thus, because the complained-of material does not fall within the scope of the Commission's indecency prohibition, we reject the claims that this program content is indecent."
Then the FCC's "scope" of what is indecent must be widened! Its responsibility to the American public must be brought into sharper focus. Because if the Enforcement Bureau thinks anyone should be free to say the F-word when not referring to intercourse, the FCC must think again!
This so-called watchdog is asleep! Let's wake up the FCC and demand they look at the detrimental impact crass language and obscenities are having on our society.
The FCC, too long out of touch with the American people, needs a jolt of reality. It needs a new definition for what is acceptable or indecent for prime-time network TV. In making our voices heard, let's cry out so loud the FCC will have no choice but to adopt more appropriate standards and put all objectionable words back on the do-not-use list.
Bill Johnson
American Decency Association
Ted Baehr
MovieGuide.com
William J. Murray
Religious Freedom Coalition
Randall Terry
Society for Truth and Justice
Rev. Louis P. Sheldon
Traditional Values Coalition
Gregory Quinlan
Pro-Family Network
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