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Activists Dominate Content Complaints
by Dolemite at 10:05 am EST, Dec 7, 2004 |
] Through early October, 99.9 percent of indecency
] complaints --- aside from those concerning the Janet
] Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super
] Bowl halftime show broadcast on CBS --- were brought by
] the PTC, according to the FCC analysis dated Oct. 1. (The
] agency last week estimated it had received 1,068,767
] complaints about broadcast indecency so far this year;
] the Super Bowl broadcast accounted for over 540,000,
] according to commissioners%u2019 statements.)
]
]
] The prominent role played by the PTC has raised concerns
] among critics of the FCC's crackdown on indecency.
] %u201CIt means that really a tiny minority with a very
] focused political agenda is trying to censor American
] television and radio,%u201D said Jonathan Rintels,
] president and executive director of the Center for
] Creative Voices in Media, an artists' advocacy
] group.
]
] PTC officials disagree.
]
] "I wish we had that much power," said Lara
] Mahaney |
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RE: Activists Dominate Content Complaints
by Decius at 12:16 pm EST, Dec 7, 2004 |
Dolemite wrote:
] ] "It means that really a tiny minority with a very
] ] focused political agenda is trying to censor American
] ] television and radio," said Jonathan Rintels,
] ]
] ] PTC officials disagree.
] ]
] ] "I wish we had that much power," said Lara
] ] Mahaney Damn right she does. Its a well established fact that right wing activist groups drive decency laws and enforcement of those laws. But Mahaney is right that they don't have "that much power." These campaigns aren't any more common place then they were 10 years ago. The difference is that Powell is paying attention to them. This is what you are buying when you vote Republican. |
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Activists Dominate Content Complaints
by wilpig at 9:39 am EST, Dec 7, 2004 |
] Through early October, 99.9 percent of indecency
] complaints --- aside from those concerning the Janet
] Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super
] Bowl halftime show broadcast on CBS --- were brought by
] the PTC, according to the FCC analysis dated Oct. 1. (The
] agency last week estimated it had received 1,068,767
] complaints about broadcast indecency so far this year;
] the Super Bowl broadcast accounted for over 540,000,
] according to commissioners' statements.)
]
]
] The prominent role played by the PTC has raised concerns
] among critics of the FCC's crackdown on indecency.
] "It means that really a tiny minority with a very
] focused political agenda is trying to censor American
] television and radio," said Jonathan Rintels,
] president and executive director of the Center for
] Creative Voices in Media, an artists' advocacy
] group.
]
] PTC officials disagree.
]
] "I wish we had that much power," said Lara
] Mahaney |
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