Friday, June 21, 2013

Fox Urges End to Broadcast Indecency Limits

Fox Television doesn't want the FCC looking over its shoulder anymore to police any nudity and curse words on its network.

According to THR, The broadcaster filed a 42-page comment at the regulatory agency on Wednesday. This is what Fox has to say: 
"Fox urges the Commission to conclude that it is legally required, and logically bound, to cease attempting to enforce broadcast indecency limits once and for all. Time and technology have marched inexorably forward, but the Commission’s untenable effort to define indecent content through a hodgepodge of inconsistent and uneven rulings remains stuck in a bygone era. Whatever validity may once have existed for indecency regulation, the time clearly has arrived to lay rest to the anachronistic notion that broadcast stations deserve anything less than the full First Amendment protection bestowed on all speakers by the Constitution."
The comment comes as the FCC is examining potential changes to its indecency regulation. In April, the federal agency asked the public for comments on whether it should maintain current protocol or change with the times. The review happens after the Supreme Court has addressed indecency regulation on several occasions in the past few years, including last year in a case involving curse words uttered by celebrities on live awards shows.

The FCC is now considering its indecency stance. A call for opinions has provoked more than 100,000 filed comments from citizens.

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