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bigmacbear) wrote2004-04-10 12:38 am
bigmacbear) wrote2004-04-10 12:38 am
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Puritanism rears its ugly head
Q. What's the difference between Michael Powell (chairman of the US FCC) and Janet Jackson's breast?
A. One is a big boob, and the other appeared on the halftime show of the Super Bowl.
;-)
I find the U.S. government's crackdown on "indecency" in the broadcast media to be as patently offensive, if not more so, than anything that could be said on the radio or shown on television that would run afoul of these new-found Puritans' blue noses. I think the move to fine individual stations large sums of money for airing program content not under their direct control is overbearing and comes uncomfortably close to shredding the First Amendment rights we all so rightly cherish.
'Nuff said.
A. One is a big boob, and the other appeared on the halftime show of the Super Bowl.
;-)
I find the U.S. government's crackdown on "indecency" in the broadcast media to be as patently offensive, if not more so, than anything that could be said on the radio or shown on television that would run afoul of these new-found Puritans' blue noses. I think the move to fine individual stations large sums of money for airing program content not under their direct control is overbearing and comes uncomfortably close to shredding the First Amendment rights we all so rightly cherish.
'Nuff said.