The FCC could resume fining broadcasters for airing a single obsc...
The FCC could resume fining broadcasters for airing a single obscenity or indecent scene under a bill introduced Tuesday. The Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act (HR-3559) is sponsored by Reps. Chip Pickering, R-Miss., Jim Matheson, D-Utah, Mike McIntyre,…
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D-N.C., and Joseph Pitt, R-Pa. It resembles legislation passed by the Senate Commerce Committee that also would effectively void a ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York remanding the fleeting expletive policy to the FCC. That bill, S-1780, “awaits action on the Senate floor,” said a press release from Pickering’s office. Broadcasters have fretted that the measure would have a “chilling effect” on creativity (CD July 19 p8). The ACLU said Wednesday that the House bill “treads on the First Amendment.” But the Parents TV Council praised the legislation. No vote has been set in the House Commerce Committee, but Pickering believes his bill will get “strong support,” his spokeswoman said.