Most Popular White Papers
Supreme Court will review FCC's policy on expletives.(PAGE ONE)
Washington Times, The, March, 2008
 | Content provided in partnership with |  |
Byline: Kara Rowland, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The U.S. Supreme Court this fall will consider the issue of profanity on the airwaves for the first time in 30 years.
The high court yesterday agreed to hear arguments on a Federal Communications Commission policy of punishing so-called "fleeting expletives" - isolated broadcasts of curse words - with monetary fines. The FCC asked for a review after a federal appeals court invalidated the policy as "arbitrary and capricious."
The case stems from two broadcasts of the "Billboard Music Awards" on Fox ...
Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.