Varaj
07-21-2008, 10:03 AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday overturned a decision to fine CBS Corp television stations $550,000 for airing a brief breast flash by pop singer Janet Jackson during the 2004 Super Bowl broadcast.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said the U.S. Federal Communications Commission "arbitrarily and capriciously departed from its prior policy" that exempted fleeting broadcast material from actionable indecency violations.
(Reporting by Peter Kaplan and Karey Wutkowski; Editing by Tim Dobbyn)
Here (http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN2140410720080721)
Powell was a dick.
I wonder how the case about the NPR fine is going.
NPR was fined several 100s of thousands because they aired a recording of soldiers under fire in Iraq and you could hear soldiers swearing as they were shot at.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said the U.S. Federal Communications Commission "arbitrarily and capriciously departed from its prior policy" that exempted fleeting broadcast material from actionable indecency violations.
(Reporting by Peter Kaplan and Karey Wutkowski; Editing by Tim Dobbyn)
Here (http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN2140410720080721)
Powell was a dick.
I wonder how the case about the NPR fine is going.
NPR was fined several 100s of thousands because they aired a recording of soldiers under fire in Iraq and you could hear soldiers swearing as they were shot at.