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| U.S. Appeals Court Rejects FCC Rulings Against Fox CORRECTED - (OFFICIAL)-UPDATE 4-US court rejects FCC decency limit | News | Regulatory News | Reuters A U.S. appeals court on Monday overruled federal regulators who decided that expletives uttered on broadcast television violated decency standards, a major victory for TV networks. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission had ruled in March 2006 that News Corp.’s Fox television network had violated decency regulations when singer Cher and actress Nicole Richie blurted out profanities during the 2002 and 2003 Billboard Music Awards’ shows. However, no fines were issued. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York, in a 2-1 ruling, said that the FCC’s “new policy sanctioning ‘fleeting expletives’ is arbitrary and capricious.” The court sent the matter back to the commission for further proceedings. . . . In their written ruling on Monday, Judges Rosemary Pooler and Peter Hall said that the FCC policy on indecency standards “represents a significant departure from positions previously taken by the agency and relied on by the broadcast industry” and that the commission “has failed to articulate a reasoned basis for this change in policy.” BuzzMachine Blog Archive FCC, F’ed ^A detailed analysis of the ruling. A huge win for the First Amendment. __________________ LiveJournal Join the Troian Bellisario Campaign Thread Visit the Lying Game Board New Orleans Saints: Solidarity = No Apologies, No Surrender Even through the darkest days, this fire burns always LSU Tigers football: College Football is Still Faker than WWE. | |||
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| Good for the Appeals Court. The FCC's gotten a little out of hand lately. Quote:
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