wilpig wrote:
] ] In a little-noticed submission to the Federal Register,
] ] the FCC made clear its intention of levying astronomical
] ] fines against publications that use dashes or other
] ] characters in place of letters to print profanity.
] ]
] ] "They think they're getting away with it, but I still
] ] know what they're writing," said FCC Chairman Michael
] ] Powell, at a press conference attended by two homeless
] ] men and our reporter, who had been looking for the
] ] building's exit and felt guilty about leaving once he'd
] ] entered the room.
] ]
] ] Powell continued: "Recently, Entertainment Weekly quoted
] ] Tom Hanks - the saintly Tom Hanks! - using the word
] ] 'C-dash-dash-dash-sucker.' That's how they printed it,
] ] but they put the whole word in my head. They put it in my
] ] head."
]
]
] I love his closing sentence there... 'They put it in my
] head'. Well here is one for your head, Michael Powell. F--K
] YOU, A--HOLE!

Thankfully the Washington Post decided to not elide Dick Cheney's comment, they printed it unexpurgated. Does this mean the FCC is going to fine the Post, or will they fine Cheney?

RE: DeadBrain - FCC's New Indecency Target: Dashes in Magazines, Newspapers