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I think the FCC will respect the first amendment but may object to the potty-mouth sentence you quoted. They went after Howard Stern in a similar situation. Mo
by philiphodgen 9y ago
I think the FCC will respect the first amendment but may object to the potty-mouth sentence you quoted. They went after Howard Stern in a similar situation.
More to the point, Mr. Colbert should be ashamed of himself. Have some decency, Mr. Colbert.
- SimbaOnSteroids 9y agoDecency with regards to what exacly?
- gozur88 9y agoLanguage.
- SimbaOnSteroids 9y agoHe's a comedian, grow up.
- gozur88 9y agoDoesn't matter who he is. This is broadcast television.
- jsiepkes 9y agoIn the land of the free you can't say cock on TV before 22:00. What's next? Decency police like in Iran?
- gozur88 9y agoIt turns out people with children aren't very open to having their kids exposed to adult material on television. This is not a new thing, either - it's been that way since day 1. Unlike mobile providers, broadcast companies didn't pay for the spectrum they use. It's a public resource that is licensed to them, and part of that license involves restrictions on language and also depictions of gore and sex.
- jsiepkes 9y agoPublic service? Maybe your confusing it with some European models but in the US there is nothing public about it. Broadcasters pay big bucks to companies like Comcast to get their station transmitted. And if your kid is not old enough to hear to word dick then he should be in bed long before 22:00.
- gozur88 9y agoMaybe you don't understand how things work in the US. This has nothing to do with cable. It's about over-the-air broadcast. If it had just been cable there wouldn't be a problem.
- lawnchair_larry 9y agoWhat does delivery medium have to do with anything? I guarantee no kid knows the difference. They press channel up and channel down. It makes no sense why one would be upset over that.
- gozur88 9y agoAs I pointed out above. The medium is important because the spectrum is a public resource, and cable isn't.
- lolreally 9y agoTrump's health care plan and environmental policies will kill millions, and you're concerns about swear words? That's rich.
- mhh__ 9y agoWhy should he be decent?
- mcphage 9y ago> Have some decency, Mr. Colbert. When our government behaves decently, maybe. Right now Trump deserves none.