Raunchy behavior busts out all over

0 Comments | USA TODAY, February, 2004 | by Ann Oldenburg

Well before Janet Jackson's Super Bowl halftime stunt, the Federal Communications Commission was being pressured to crack down on indecency.

For months, the focus has been on dirty words that have found their way onto broadcast television with increasing frequency:

* U2 rocker Bono uttered the f-word at last year's live Golden Globes show on NBC.

* Nicole Richie said the s-word and f-word at last year's live Billboard Music Awards show on Fox.

* Diane Keaton on Jan. 25 spoke the s-word on the live Golden Globes broadcast on CBS.

What the (bleep) is going on?

Celebrities on live network shows are pushing the envelope for broadcast television, which already faces competition from unregulated, racier cable.

"Most people have no...

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