An appeal to the ratings board

21Jun07

Via Chuck, I tried this tool for rating blogs using the MPAA system:

Clearly the crappy system, which scans a site for naughty content, doesn’t include audio – it didn’t seem to register my post about the court case about the fucking FCC’s shitty policies about assholes saying expletives on TV, in which I included George [...]

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The demise of the ‘Seven Dirty Words’ regime

05Jun07

An appeals court decision on Monday ruled that the FCC’s new “tough on obscenity” policy overreached their purview by issuing harsh fines for “fleeting expletives” on television. While the FCC has traditionally maintained that it has the right to fine broadcasters for airing obscene content, in the post-nipplegate era they have ratcheted up fines for [...]

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