Media Firms, Artists Back Bono Over FCC

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=1&u=/ap/20040419/ap_on_re_us/fcc_indecency_7


NEW YORK - Media companies, artists and civil rights activists joined together Monday to protest a ruling last month by the Federal Communications Commissions against the musician Bono of the group U2 for his use of an expletive on last year's Golden Globes broadcast.


CBS owner Viacom Inc. participated in the challenge, as did Fox Entertainment Group Inc., the American Civil Liberties Union (news - web sites), the Screen Actors Guild (news - web sites), the comedians Penn & Teller and Margaret Cho, and others.

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The group said in a statement that the FCC's ruling against Bono was "chilling free speech across the broadcast landscape," prompting broadcasters to abandon live programming and to drop or heavily edit classic rock songs such as "Who Are You" by The Who and "Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed.


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The incident in question occurred at last year's Golden Globe awards (news - web sites), when Bono said "This is really, really, f------ brilliant." The FCC received hundreds of complaints afterward.


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[ChompySnack]

1. Fox too?

The unholy marriage of the religious right with ethics-free business is straining at the seams.

[Catch22Dem]

4. Same FOX

Does Murdoch own FOX entertainment corp, or just FOX NEWS?

[khashka]

2. Oh fuck that!

That is so fucking stupid! Who the fucking hell really fucking cares?

I guess my opinion is obvious.

If you don't know the word then it might confuse you but can't possibly offend you. And if you do know the word, it still can't REALLY offend you or you would have censored your own mind, right?

What's the big fucking deal? It's not a racial or sexual epithet used to intentionally hurt someone else but merely an word of emphasis.

"Fuck you" which is probably intended to be offensive and "fucking brilliant" which is emphasis are not the same thing.

So fuck the fucking idiots of the fucking FCC who are fucking stupid.

Fucking Khash.

[damnraddem]

3. The FCC, and politicians, can be ...

really, really f------ stupid.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

5. The "F- - - ing CC" can.....

shove up their a - -!