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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Grainne who wrote (90698)12/4/2004 7:21:46 PM
From: Win Smith  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
I have to post a followup that I meant to include originally. From Michael Powell, head of the FCC:

But we are not the federal Bureau of Indecency. We do not watch or listen to programs hoping to catch purveyors of dirty broadcasts. Instead, we rely on public complaints to point out potentially indecent shows. In recent years, complaints about television and radio broadcasts have skyrocketed, and the F.C.C. has stepped up its enforcement in response. nytimes.com

Compare and contrast:

Though the F.C.C. had cited 159 public complaints in its legal case against Fox, the documents obtained by Mr. Jarvis showed that there were actually only 90 complaints, written by 23 individuals. Of those 23, all but 2 were identical repetitions of a form letter posted by the Parents Television Council. In other words, the total of actual, discrete complaints about "Married by America" was 3. ( from nytimes.com )

Well, Powell knows his constituency, anyway.
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