All those poor innocent children that are in therapy over probably not seeing Janet Jackson's nipple can now watch TV again knowing that profanity and nipples will cost radio and tv broadcasters $325k per incident. It's good to know the Christian coalition sees this as a priority over poverty, hunger, health etc.

 

First the gays and now tasteless radio shows. Our government really has it's act together.

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- President Bush Thursday signed into law legislation that raises fines tenfold on radio and television broadcasters that violate U.S. decency standards by airing extensive profanity or sexual content.

 

The new law, which boosts fines to as much as $325,000 per violation from $32,500, could help congressional Republicans woo conservatives in a tough election year as they have faced ebbing support from key core constituencies.

 

The Christian Coalition had placed legislation to increase the fines as the No. 5 item on its 2006 legislative agenda. The new law also caps any continuing violations from an incident at $3 million.

 

The drive for the higher fines came when pop singer Justin Timberlake ripped off part of duet partner Janet Jackson's costume and briefly exposed her breast during the 2004 Super Bowl football halftime entertainment show aired on national television.

 

Television and radio broadcasters are barred from airing obscene material and are limited from broadcasting indecent material between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., times when children are likely to be in the audience.

 

Those restrictions do not apply to cable or satellite services. That prompted radio shock jock Howard Stern to move his show to satellite radio to avoid the federal regulations since his antics led to fines against stations that aired his show.

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/15/bro...reut/index.html

I just hate the fact that wardrobe malfunction is now in our social vocabulary.

 

OH LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU; A TITTY!

bah freedom of speach, bah bah bah

 

dont like it turn it off bah bah bah

 

bigger government = republican party now.

I'm a Patriots fan, so I was taping the game, including the 1/2time show. JANET'S TIT POPPING OUT WASN'T EVEN A CLOSE UP...UNLESS YOU WERE LOOKING CLOSELY YOU WOULDN'T HAVE NOTICED IT!!!!!!! The tape doesn't lie!

 

Once again, the Christian Reich is determined to protect us from ourselves..in the guise of PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN. Change the channel? Turn it off? No..that's a LIBERAL AND SECULAR SOLUTION! Funny that these assclowns scream about government inteference (taking prayer out of school) but then they want to have government intefere in something called FREE SPEECH. You can blame Sam Brownback...this jerk is running in '08 and has been after Howard Stern and CBS for years. Funny now that Howard is now on Sirius that all of a sudden Brownsh*tstain wants to regulate SATELLITE..after all, if you have a Sirius receiver in your car...CHILDREN passing by might hear it!

 

There's some guy named Ose in Cali..Repub Congressman who wants to make saying "goddamn" in public a felony. I kid you not..look it up.

 

Those in S. Florida...look up how much grief a human turd named Jackass--oops--Jack Thompson has caused over the past 20 years...with Neil Rogers, 2 Live Crew, Madonna, Howard Stern and video games...

It's good to know that Congress is tacking the issues that matter, with this bill and the Flag Burning thing.

It's good to know that Congress is tacking the issues that matter, with this bill and the Flag Burning thing.

 

 

Priorities, you know...