FCC Plans Fines in Broadcast Indecency Cases

[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Steven Levingston and Arshad Mohammed]
Sources, who spoke on condition that they not be named because the decisions are not yet public, are indicating that the FCC will levy fines against broadcasters or their affiliates for violating decency standards in about a half-dozen cases. As part of its action, the FCC will uphold a 2004 decision to fine CBS stations a total of $550,000 for showing Janet Jackson's exposed breast during the Super Bowl halftime show in February of that year. In one case, the FCC is expected to rule against News Corp.'s Fox for an incident in which actress Nicole Richie uttered the vulgar term for excrement, a finding that may dissuade broadcasters from airing the term even in isolated instances.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/22/AR200602...
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