The Supreme Court heard arguments last week over nudity and/or "obscene" language on broadcast radio and TV. Think Janet Jackson (and why is Justin Timberlake always left out of the telling of that Super Bowl incident?)
Among the points made:"...the FCC had received complaints about the opening episode of the last Olympics for showing statues with bare breasts and buttocks."
Yet cable TV channels, one click away on virtually all TV's from their broadcast cousins, can show virtually anything they want. Watch some True Blood or Shameless for examples. The only real difference between one channel and the other is that you pay to bring cable in, while broadcast is free. Does the public really see a significant difference between cable channel 4 and channel 400?
"...I know it when I see it..." (Justice Potter Stewart, 1964, in an opinion on what "hardcore pornography is".)
"...I know it when I see it..." (Justice Potter Stewart, 1964, in an opinion on what "hardcore pornography is".)
Nonetheless, the current Supremes seem inclined to not only maintain the current FCC regs, but maybe even expand on them, probably on a 5-4 vote, as usual. And the cable companies hope that is exactly what they do.
ALSO: a reader spotted what certainly seemed like a great story for the MMMM...it said a Christian Talk Radio Network had been airing the same programs over and over on a 365 day cycle, since 1988. On first read I though, hmmmmm. On reflection, I recognized it as satire. All things online are suspect, including this one.
ALSO: a reader spotted what certainly seemed like a great story for the MMMM...it said a Christian Talk Radio Network had been airing the same programs over and over on a 365 day cycle, since 1988. On first read I though, hmmmmm. On reflection, I recognized it as satire. All things online are suspect, including this one.
[The Monday Morning Media Memo is a regular feature of http://www.timlennox.com/]
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