[IP] FCC Chairman Powell wants to increase broadcast censorship [fs]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14369-2004Jan13.html
FCC Chairman Seeks Reversal on Profanity
By Frank Ahrens
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 14, 2004; Page E01
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael K. Powell asked his four
fellow commissioners yesterday to overturn a heavily criticized agency
ruling that found a profanity uttered on network television by
rock-and-roller Bono was not indecent.
If passed by the five-member FCC commission, Powell's proposal would outlaw
Bono's profanity in almost all instances, singling it out as the one word
that would nearly guarantee an FCC fine if uttered between 6 a.m. and 10
p.m. on radio and broadcast television. Exceptions would include if the
profanity is used in a political situation; the FCC's indecency rules
include no mandates that might chill political speech.
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