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Janet Jackson left CBS all alone holding that "wardrobe malfunction" after the 2004 Super Bowl, but, now that the networks have discovered a common enemy, they're in attack mode with the FCC hiding behind George Carlin!
CBS, Faux, ABC and Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. filed notices of appeal in federal court seeking to overturn an FCC ruling that found some broadcasts of the CBS news program "The Early Show," "Billboard Music Awards" on Faux and ABC's drama "NYPD Blue" to be indecent. NBC, though not a party to the original charges, has filed a supporting petition.
These programs were found to contain variations on two obscenities: what people on both sides of the issue refer to as the "F-word" and the "S-word."
The FCC countered the news with:
"Over 20 years ago, the Supreme Court upheld the FCC's ruling that George Carlin's monologue about the 'Seven Dirty Words You Can't Say on Television and Radio' was indecent," spokeswoman Tamara Lipper said. "Today, Disney, CBS and Faux challenged that precedent and said that they should be able to say two of those words."
In deference to the more sensitive eyes here at Voice of Arizona, I'll refer readers to the definitive and authoritative source on Carlin, his seven little words and their role in our nation's legal history:
I gave ya a 10 and it averages out to a 5. That guy's as trustworthy as Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld rolled into a knot!
Now that George Carlin is synonymous with legal precedent, I'd love to catch his take on becoming the FCC poster boy!
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