Topic: broadcast indecency
In one tweet, Federal Communications Comission chairman Julius Genachowski may have single-handedly changed the agency's policy on F-words forever. Genachowski's tweet was in reaction to the fleeting expletive dropped by…
Should the Federal Communications Commission force the Washington Redskins to change their name? Former FCC chairman Reed Hundt says "yes." Putting new pressure on owner Dan Snyder, Hundt laid out his…
At long [insert expletive here] last, the Federal Communications Commission is doing something about the backlog of broadcast indecency complaints that have hounded the agency since the Supreme Court tossed…
There was (thankfully) no wardrobe malfunction during CBS' broadcast of the Super Bowl, but there was a fleeting expletive. Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco dropped the F-bomb. Celebrating the win while…
Episodes of The Good Wife are often about take-no-prisoners Chicago politics or cutthroat corporate lawsuits. But Sunday night's episode was a "Capitol" delight, taking on the Federal Communications Commission's broadcast…
At long last, we no longer have to think about Janet Jackson's breast. The Supreme Court, fresh off its broadcast indecency decisions regarding fleeting expletives on Fox and brief nudity…
For Carter Phillips, the Supreme Court's decision in FCC v. Fox was his third win of the week. The Sidley Austin partner, who represented Fox, was one of two attorney…
After all the teeth-gnashing and nail-biting over how the Supreme Court might address the First Amendment issues plaguing the Federal Communications Commission's broadcast indecency rules for years, the court turned…
The breast is back. Janet Jackson's brief breast flash during CBS' broadcast of the Super Bowl eight years ago has been anything but fleeting in the courts. Seeking a final…
M.I.A.'s flip of the bird and bleeped-out fleeting expletive during Madonna's Super Bowl halftime performance may have caused a real flap, but unlike Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction in 2004, which…
