Should The FCC Be Allowed to Regulate Content?

[Free Palestine]

No.  Not only is it wrong for a government agency to regulate what people say or do on television and radio, but it is unnecessary.  On cable, they still censor things, because of either advertisers or a particular audience they have in mind.

[Sewer]

 no!!

[Associate Justice PiT]

Of course not. That's the parent's responsibility, not the government's.

     Pretty much. The government has no business telling us what we can & can't see on television.

[Derek]

The FCC is alot of wasteful government spending. The standards go too far. Looney Toons and Tom and Jerry were taken off of TV because of violence? Give me a break. It's parenting. My grandparents grew up watching Tom and Jerry and didn't turn out to drink and shoot each other like they do on that cartoon. Look at the 3 stooges. I don't know of anyone who would've complained about them promoting violence despite how much they hit each other. Parents are too lazy today to pay attention to their kids and demand the government do it for them. Folks, when the government has the power to raise our kids, we're not different than China.

[Magic 8-Ball]

No.  Frequency and media mergers, yes, but not content.  Maybe if they give up the ghost on this they will have enough resources to properly defend Network Neutrality.

Wishful thinking, I know.

[Cubby]

No. Censorship of content is always wrong.

The FCC's creation was a rare fail for the Roosevelt Administration.

[Bo]

No.

[Ameriplan]

No. Censorship of content is always wrong.

The FCC's creation was a rare typical fail for the Roosevelt Administration.

Fix'd.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

No. Censorship of content is always wrong.

The FCC's creation was a rare fail for the Roosevelt Administration.

It was a good idea at its creation, to regulate frequencies, not be the censoring prudes they are.

[Associate Justice PiT]

No. Censorship of content is always wrong.

The FCC's creation was a rare fail for the Roosevelt Administration.

It was a good idea at its creation, to regulate frequencies, not be the censoring prudes they are.

     But there was really no need for a commission to regulate frequencies. The judiciary was more than capable of fulfilling that function by granting property rights to stations for airing broadcasts on particular frequencies in particular areas.

[Free Palestine]

Who voted "yes"?

[Derek]

No. Censorship of content is always wrong.

The FCC's creation was a rare fail for the Roosevelt Administration.

It was a good idea at its creation, to regulate frequencies, not be the censoring prudes they are.

You don't want them to censor South Park? me either.

[opebo]

Well, obviously they should be required to provide equal time for left-wing viewpoints, but as far as dirty words or pornography, no of course not.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

No. Censorship of content is always wrong.

The FCC's creation was a rare fail for the Roosevelt Administration.

It was a good idea at its creation, to regulate frequencies, not be the censoring prudes they are.

You don't want them to censor South Park? me either.

The FCC currently has no jurisdiction to censor South Park, and it never has. Stupid example.

[Derek]

Well, obviously they should be required to provide equal time for left-wing viewpoints, but as far as dirty words or pornography, no of course not.

What about equal time for right wing view points on the main stream networks? The reason talk radio exists is supply and demand. If people were like you and didn't want to listen to talk radio, then it wouldn't exist. What makes you think that people haven't already made up their minds and so they choose to listen to it. Just like you've made up your mind and chose not to listen. What makes you so special?

[Derek]

No. Censorship of content is always wrong.

The FCC's creation was a rare fail for the Roosevelt Administration.

It was a good idea at its creation, to regulate frequencies, not be the censoring prudes they are.

You don't want them to censor South Park? me either.

The FCC currently has no jurisdiction to censor South Park, and it never has. Stupid example.

You wish it did and that was my point. The thing Matt and Trey love the most about making fun of the far left btw is that the far left can never take a joke. I have to agree. They take themselves way too seriously.

[Mint]

To a limited extent. I don't think they should ban 'indecent' content (and I have issues with the whole concept of 'obscenity') but some sort of watershed and/or parental controls sound like okay compromises given that we're talking about public airwaves here. On the other hand political speech is and always should be protected, no exceptions. As much as I dislike people like Maddow or Hannity they should not be subject to something like the fairness doctrine, hate speech, etc. That's really what the 1st amendment is all about.

[tpfkaw]

Well, obviously they should be required to provide equal time for left-wing viewpoints, but as far as dirty words or pornography, no of course not.

How about this? Every time a media outlet runs a negative story about some Republican congressman or candidate being a "birther," they also have to run a negative story about one of the 31 Democratic representatives who voted to unseat Ohio's 2004 electors.

[Mint]

Well, obviously they should be required to provide equal time for left-wing viewpoints, but as far as dirty words or pornography, no of course not.

How about this? Every time a media outlet runs a negative story about some Republican congressman or candidate being a "birther," they also have to run a negative story about one of the 31 Democratic representatives who voted to unseat Ohio's 2004 electors.

Yeah well, I'd imagine if we had a real fairness doctrine enforced neither party would make it past the next election cycle.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Well, obviously they should be required to provide equal time for left-wing viewpoints, but as far as dirty words or pornography, no of course not.

How about this? Every time a media outlet runs a negative story about some Republican congressman or candidate being a "birther," they also have to run a negative story about one of the 31 Democratic representatives who voted to unseat Ohio's 2004 electors.

Amen!

Everyone knows that the left wing fairness doctrine is garbage.

[Goldwater]

Well, obviously they should be required to provide equal time for left-wing viewpoints, but as far as dirty words or pornography, no of course not.

LOL! XD

This guy can't be real, he must be a strawman made by someone who's really a right-winger.

Anyway, I don't think they should be. Call me crazy, but I believe in this weird thing called free speech.

[Free Palestine]

Well, obviously they should be required to provide equal time for left-wing viewpoints, but as far as dirty words or pornography, no of course not.

LOL! XD

This guy can't be real, he must be a strawman made by someone who's really a right-winger.

Anyway, I don't think they should be. Call me crazy, but I believe in this weird thing called free speech.

Oh, opebo is real.  He hates democracy more than Lief.