As you may have heard, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York has decided that “If President Bush and Vice President Cheney can blurt out vulgar language, then the government cannot punish broadcast television stations for broadcasting the same words in similarly fleeting contexts,” (New York Times, June 5, 2007).
“Hollywood will be able to say anything they want, whenever they want,” protested F.C.C. Chairman Kevin J. Martin in response to the court’s ruling.
Decimating the Constitution, anyone? Does anyone really believe in that “damned piece of paper” anymore? Both Democrats and Republicans within the F.C.C. that fought for the tougher rules against vulgarities on television obviously have no interest in preserving free speech, and I’m glad that they were handed the ruling that they were. Bravo to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York for having the courage to make such a groundbreaking decision in a time that is obviously not friendly to such liberal ideas.
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