PTC Drives Spike In Smut Gripes

[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable]
After a steep drop in indecency complaints at the FCC in second quarter 2005, the number bounced back in the third quarter, thanks almost entirely to the Parents Television Council (PTC). For the three months ended Sept. 30, indecency/obscenity complaints quadrupled to 26,185 from 6,161 logged during the previous three months. Almost all of that spike came in July (23,547), with only 1,716 complaints in August and 922 in September. According to PTC's Web site, the group filed a total of 23,542 complaints in July (10,775 against Fox and 12,767 against ABC), which would account for all but five of the FCC complaints for the month. The offending shows appear to be ABC's coverage of Live 8: A Worldwide Concert on July 2 (the "f-bomb" was dropped) and an episode of Fox's summer psychological thriller, The Inside, which PTC said included themes of forced sodomy and S&M fetishes.
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