Comments on: A win for the First Amendment http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/04/a-win-for-the-first-amendment/ by Jeff Jarvis Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:28:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: AC Sportsbooks http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/04/a-win-for-the-first-amendment/#comment-351009 AC Sportsbooks Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:00:34 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/04/a-win-for-the-first-amendment/#comment-351009 I love it. Down with the Nazis that run the FCC. Too much power for an meanless organization is no good. This is a good win for free speech. I love it. Down with the Nazis that run the FCC. Too much power for an meanless organization is no good. This is a good win for free speech.

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]]> By: dustbury.com http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/04/a-win-for-the-first-amendment/#comment-350838 dustbury.com Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:25:09 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/04/a-win-for-the-first-amendment/#comment-350838 <strong>A truly FCCed policy...</strong> News Item: A federal appeals court on Monday found that a new Federal Communications Commission policy penalizing accidentally aired expletives was invalid, saying it was "arbitrary and capricious" and might not survive First Amendment scrutiny. The ... A truly FCCed policy…

News Item: A federal appeals court on Monday found that a new Federal Communications Commission policy penalizing accidentally aired expletives was invalid, saying it was “arbitrary and capricious” and might not survive First Amendment scrutiny. The …

]]> By: Greg0658 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/04/a-win-for-the-first-amendment/#comment-350833 Greg0658 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:28:15 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/04/a-win-for-the-first-amendment/#comment-350833 Except g.. d... is allowed and human activities like poop and screw are not. I was at a fireman dance over the weekend and a song that came over the speakers during break music. Uhhhhhh. A three year old was flying around having a good time. I felt sorry for his little ears and consciousness. "Sticks and stones can break the bones but words can never hurt ya" comes to mind. My mom told me that one. I don't think she thought that one through. Sorry mom. Still .. made sense at the time. Is this one liner too far ... "which should come first .. the baby or the peace?" Except g.. d… is allowed and human activities like poop and screw are not.

I was at a fireman dance over the weekend and a song that came over the speakers during break music. Uhhhhhh. A three year old was flying around having a good time. I felt sorry for his little ears and consciousness.

“Sticks and stones can break the bones but words can never hurt ya” comes to mind. My mom told me that one. I don’t think she thought that one through. Sorry mom. Still .. made sense at the time.

Is this one liner too far … “which should come first .. the baby or the peace?”

]]> By: Jim Wilson http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/04/a-win-for-the-first-amendment/#comment-350832 Jim Wilson Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:16:57 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/04/a-win-for-the-first-amendment/#comment-350832 Sorry, Rob, I disagree. When the FCC tells broadcasters that the FCC will only determine *after the fact* that what went out over the air is obscene, and that the FCC can't come up with clear rules about what's acceptable and what's not, there's a problem. It's gone beyond the days of the "seven things," and it's about time someone called them on it. More like this, please. Sorry, Rob, I disagree. When the FCC tells broadcasters that the FCC will only determine *after the fact* that what went out over the air is obscene, and that the FCC can’t come up with clear rules about what’s acceptable and what’s not, there’s a problem. It’s gone beyond the days of the “seven things,” and it’s about time someone called them on it.

More like this, please.

]]> By: Rob http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/04/a-win-for-the-first-amendment/#comment-350830 Rob Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:47:26 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/04/a-win-for-the-first-amendment/#comment-350830 Yes, this is most excellent. I can't wait until the day when broadcast television is ALL expletives. More filth, baby, that's the ticket! Couldn't there be just one small area of our commons that was considered decent and appropriate for everyone? Jeff, are you going to be comforable watchig the evening news with your sainted old grandmother when the old F-bomb goes off (say about eight times, if it's celebrity interviews)? How about with your six year old? Want to explain "motherfucker" or "dickhead" to a child? We don't have to have decency everywhere, but it doesn't seem to me to be overly onerous that we keep the public broadcast frequencies decent. Cable, internet, private phone conversation, etc, say what you want. Broadcast airwaves: keep it decent. All of the time from the beginning of television to just recently, there were the "seven things you can't say on TV". Was that so great a burden against free speech? Yes, this is most excellent.

I can’t wait until the day when broadcast television is ALL expletives. More filth, baby, that’s the ticket!

Couldn’t there be just one small area of our commons that was considered decent and appropriate for everyone? Jeff, are you going to be comforable watchig the evening news with your sainted old grandmother when the old F-bomb goes off (say about eight times, if it’s celebrity interviews)? How about with your six year old? Want to explain “motherfucker” or “dickhead” to a child?

We don’t have to have decency everywhere, but it doesn’t seem to me to be overly onerous that we keep the public broadcast frequencies decent. Cable, internet, private phone conversation, etc, say what you want. Broadcast airwaves: keep it decent.

All of the time from the beginning of television to just recently, there were the “seven things you can’t say on TV”. Was that so great a burden against free speech?

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