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  • The Hayes Commission rises from the dead.

    CBS is fined for Janet Jackson's stunt? That's like sueing a gun manufacturer for somebody using a gun in a crime.

    Maybe they will declare married couples shown in the same bed as indecent and put a moratorium on all reruns of The Flintstones.



    CBS faces $3.6 million indecency fine
    By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — A government crackdown on indecent programming resulted in a proposed fine of $3.6 million against dozens of CBS stations and affiliates on Wednesday a record penalty from the Federal Communications Commission.
    The FCC said an episode of the CBS crime drama "Without a Trace" that aired in December 2004 was indecent. It cited the graphic depiction of "teenage boys and girls participating in a sexual orgy."

    CBS said it strongly disagrees with the FCC's finding.

    The program "featured an important and socially relevant storyline warning parents to exercise greater supervision of their teenage children. The program was not unduly graphic or explicit," the network said in a statement.

    The network can appeal the decision to the FCC. The company has 30 days to ask for reconsideration and provide an explanation as to why the network should not be held liable.

    The proposed fine was among decisions from the agency stemming from more than 300,000 complaints it received concerning nearly 50 TV shows broadcast between 2002 and 2005.

    Rejecting an appeal by CBS, the FCC also upheld its previous $550,000 fine against 20 of the network's stations for the Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" at the Super Bowl two years ago.

    These were the first fines issued under FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, clearing a backlog of investigations into indecency complaints. The commission issued no fines last year.

    "The number of complaints received by the commission has risen year after year," said Martin. "I share the concerns of the public and of parents, in particular that are voiced in these complaints."

    Federal law and FCC rules ban radio and over-the-air television stations from airing obscene material, such as describing sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, at any time. The rules also bar stations from broadcasting indecent material references to sex or excretions between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., when children might be more likely to be in the audience.
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