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To: RetiredNow who wrote (1116264)	2/9/2019 1:38:12 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573682

" when a small committee of people starts to be the only authority that can decide what is acceptable speech, then we have devolved into censorship." For instance, the FCC... Obscene, Indecent and Profane Broadcasts \| Federal Communications ... fcc.gov Federal law prohibits obscene, indecent and profane content from being broadcast on the radio or TV. == "Imagine if we had a country where free speech was censored like it is today" I can do that. When the Smothers Brothers Got Censored - Daily Kos dailykos.com Dec 22, 2013 - Significantly, the Smothers Brothers received their Freedom of Speech Award [in 2012] from comic David Steinberg, whose controversial mock sermons on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour played a key part in having that variety show yanked and the brothers fired, despite three successful seasons on CBS from 1967 to 1969 - Why the Doors Got Banned From 'The Ed Sullivan Show' ultimateclassicrock.com Sep 17, 2015 = Supreme Court refuses FCC bid to fine CBS for Janet Jackson incident ... articles.latimes.com Jun 29, 2012 - The long legal battle between CBS and the Federal Communications Commission overJanet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show is over. ... The FCC then appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court. The incident, which took place during the Super Bowl ..