Shadow of censorship over 'Prize'

SHADOW OF CENSORSHIP OVER 'PRIZE'
[SOURCE: Philadelphia Inquirer, AUTHOR: Gail Shister]
[Commentary] New PBS boss Paula Kerger spends an indecent amount of time on indecency. These days, the FCC's sterner enforcement policy makes it risky for a PBS station even to rerun a classic documentary such as the forthcoming Eyes on the Prize without purging it of potentially offensive language. What frustrates Kerger and other broadcasters is that the FCC has not come up with a clear definition of indecency. Kerger calls it "a moving target." According to the FCC Web site, material is indecent if, in context, "it depicts or describes sexual or excretory organs or activities in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium."
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