January 8, 200521 yr http://usatoday.printthis.clickability.com...ll/nfl/2005-01- At least it wasn't Andy Rooney...
January 8, 200521 yr Here's an article spoofing such commercials for the Super Bowl... http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=ads/050107
January 10, 200521 yr QUOTE(winodj @ Jan 8, 2005 -> 09:50 AM) http://usatoday.printthis.clickability.com...ll/nfl/2005-01- At least it wasn't Andy Rooney... Maybe if Bea Arthur was in the locker room
January 10, 200521 yr QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 8, 2005 -> 01:10 PM) :puke Thanks FCC BTW, I thought tis was a network decision, not the FCC. The comment I read was they did not rule on things before they hit the airwaves.
January 10, 200521 yr Author QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 9, 2005 -> 10:28 PM) Maybe if Bea Arthur was in the locker room I'd be one excited guy.
January 10, 200521 yr Author QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 9, 2005 -> 10:29 PM) BTW, I thought tis was a network decision, not the FCC. The comment I read was they did not rule on things before they hit the airwaves. That's correct. The FCC will not define community standards before the community does. Unfortunately, the FCC defines community offense from form letters sent via the interweb. As a broadcaster, I can say that the FCC has a long history of screwing over the people when it comes to the airwaves that belong to them. Fining a swear word is a higher priority than making sure that communities are adequately represented by the broadcast outlets that service them. It was terrible during the Clinton administration, and hasn't gotten any better since. Although - to some Senators credit, on both sides of the aisle, they have started to talk about the appropriateness of deregulation and its effect on television and radio product.
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