Fox Television v. FCC (2006)

2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
12/20/2006, C-SPAN Program ID: 195903-1

From C-SPAN's Description:

Oral arguments were heard by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Fox Television v. Federal Communications Commission. Fox Television was challenging the FCC's indecency standards and the way it punished broadcasters for airing shows that contain profanity. The network argued that the government violated the First Amendment by embarking on a "radical reinterpretation and expansion" of its power to punish broadcasters for indecent speech. The network contended that the FCC sharply changed its standards for profanity, that the standards were vague and made little sense in the face of industry changes. The FCC fined Fox for language used by Cher and Nicole Richie on the live broadcasts of the 2002 and 2003 Billboard Music Awards, respectively.

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News & Politics

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[ThaNameIsAngel]

Oh, you americans with you political correctness and whatnot. "Won't somebody think of the children"!!

[miss5ally]

Great case. Can't wait to hear the Supreme Court's ruling.

[Fashionificationful]

Obama’s “FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn Free Internet a Civil Right for Every Nappy-Headed Child” watch?v=JWETGCggzcE She also voted for Net Neutrality,which could ultimately censor the internet impeding our first amendment rights of Freedom of Speech. watch?v=lGplqSh8fYU

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Her dad is James Clyburn, former house majority WHIP. She’s probably aware our unfunded liabilities are $115 Trillion per debt clock. (Also Obama wants a “kill switch” for the entire internet!)

[youlittlerocket]

@enriqueuret good question i was wondering that also,did you find out who won?

[enriqueuret]

who won??? o.o?

[JESSESEIBEL]

@ThaNameIsAngel HAHAHAHA!!!! Well said!

[mulgure1]

cmon guys every one know that they hate the fcc everyone even the workers hate what there doing

[ChiefAdministrator]

When the judge says FUCK, I can't help to laugh.

[game62613]

thanks

[fuckisnotadirtyword]

Lol, its funny because Republicans are elderly creationist prudes who want to censor everything...

[sideshow557]

Pratt123 Clearly you didn't follow this issue or at least watch this and the re-argument in full. Your comments are irrelevant

[pratt123]

not surprising that Bush's FCC is as defunct as every other part of government under him. Compare that to now where the FCC (legally or not, I won't get into that) is opening new inquries into everything from iPhone app censorship to the very definition of "broadband".

God I love it when Democrats are the ones in charge of tech policy instead of the dinosaur-riding Republicans.