The FCC is looking for a few good comments.
The FCC is looking for a few good comments.
Originally shared by Rich LaDuca
FCC set to drop ban on f-word, nudity on television and radio stations nationwide
They are seeking public comments; make your voice count!
SEE BELOW
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/begin?procName=&filedFrom=X.
Submit your comments to the FCC, urging it to reject any changes to the current policy.
Public notice is here:
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db0401/DA-13-581A1.pdf
The FCC will not accept general email comments. To be valid, you are required to file a formal comment via the FCC's website.
Please follow these instruction carefully, to insure your comment is accepted by the FCC:
1. Go to http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/begin?procName=&filedFrom=X.
2. Enter the code "13-86" in the "Proceeding Number" box and fill out the few remaining required fields.
3. Enter your comment in the text box provided and click "Continue."
4. From there, review your comment and click "Confirm."
Here is a sample comment you may submit:
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I am in favor of changing or removing the current FCC indecency standards that punish television and radio stations that broadcast expletives and nudity on the public airwaves, brief, "fleeting", or otherwise
Retaining the current policy does not serve the public interest. any such restraint in this matter belongs to, and should be the sole responsibility of the broadcaster as it answers to its demographic and audience at large.
Placing censorious language restrictions is both unconstitutional and is not the role of government under any circumstances
I urge the FCC to rescind all restrictions and allow for the broadcast of expletives and nudity on FCC-licensed stations.
Comments
I am in favor of removing the current FCC indecency standards that punish television and radio stations that broadcast expletives and nudity on the public airwaves whether that broadcast be brief, "fleeting", lengthy, and accidental or intentional in nature.
Retaining the current policy does not serve the public interest. Any such restraint in this matter belongs to, and should be the sole responsibility of, the broadcaster as it answers to its demographic and audience at large.
The FCC should, in its role as an arm of Government, uphold, without restriction, the 1st Amendment rights of content producers and broadcasters, and the right of content consumers (citizens) to watch/listen to the programming they see fit for consumption in a free market that has no arbitrary content restrictions.
I urge the FCC to rescind all restrictions and limitations and allow for the broadcast of, without restriction, expletives and nudity on FCC-licensed stations.