this is an actual 'news' story

people so flipped out by a word uttered at 12:30 am on a show that was NOT the 700 club. the world laughs at us because we flip out at shite like this

it's a NON story
well at least we didn't see her nipple - goddess forbid!

Say What?! Unintended Improv on 'SNL' Debut

By Tom Shales

Washington Post Staff Writer

"Saturday Night Live" began its 35th season this weekend by making a bit of broadcasting history -- again. As hasn't happened in 28 years, a cast member uttered the most forbidden of four-letter words on the air, and NBC executives quickly hid themselves away, hoping the glitch would be forgotten and mercifully forgiven.

Jenny Slate, one of two actors hired over the summer to join the repertory cast, was making her "SNL" debut in the sketch, called "Biker Chick Chat," which aired in the last 20 minutes of the season premiere. Slate and Kristen Wiig played surly motorcycle babes who used the substitute words "frickin' " or "friggin' " in every sentence they spoke......

i wish this was humor too

it SOUNDS like it COULD be humor, but alas, it is not. it's real and it's one of the reasons we're fucked.

ok? (oh and NOT because as Mark Frauenfelder says ......"This, in all sincerity, is what I expect in return for my taxes: a five-year-long absurdist theater performance about a magically, awesomely, mesmerizingly powerful nipple that was revealed for less than one second to millions of half-drunk spectators on a Sunday afternoon in 2004. The budget: Millions of dollars and rising. Starring: the FCC, the highest court in the United States, major media companies, and a cast of thousands of lawyers. Script: A 12-foot-high stack incomprehensible legal documents. I hope the show never ends. Bravo! "........

The US Government's bizarre obsession with Janet Jackson's nipple


pic from rosebuds.net/pricksframe.htm">rosebuds dot net julian snelling jewelry maker (amazing stuff but NSFW by any way shape or means)

i recently bought two things i thought i would NEVER buy

there was never a maybe in the equation. it was always a HELL NO, i'd NEVER buy one of THOSE things.

one is a kindle and the other is an itouch (yeah, i got that from amazon too. it was a few bucks cheaper. don't know why, but it was)

both items have been in the news of late, and NOT in a good way

(to paraphrase alice, the farther we get the behinder we are)

Amazon zaps purchased copies of Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindles
Posted by Mark Frauenfelder
People who bought Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm for their Kindle were surprised to discover that it had disappeared from their devices overnight. It turns out the publisher changed its mind about offering an electronic version, and Amazon caved into their demand to sneak into people's electronic libraries and take back the book at the publisher's request. ........


they DID apologize though (from july 23rd) :
Bezos apologizes for Kindle 1984 memory hole blunder
Posted by Mark Frauenfelder
Posted today on the Kindle Community page at Amazon.com:

This is an apology for the way we previously handled illegally sold copies of 1984 and other novels on Kindle. Our "solution" to the problem was stupid, thoughtless, and painfully out of line with our principles. It is wholly self-inflicted, and we deserve the criticism we've received. We will use the scar tissue from this painful mistake to help make better decisions going forward, ones that match our mission.

With deep apology to our customers,

Jeff Bezos
Founder & CEO
Amazon.com

Why The FCC Wants To Smash Open the IPhone

Erick Schonfeld

TechCrunch.com

Right about now, Apple probably wishes it had never rejected Google Voice and related apps from the iPhone. Or maybe it was AT&T who rejected the apps. Nobody really knows. But the FCC launched an investigation last night to find out, sending letters to all three companies (Apple, AT&T, and Google) asking them to explain exactly what happened.

On its face, it might seem odd to some people that the FCC is investigating the rejection of a single iPhone app. After all, iPhone apps are rejected every day. But the Google Voice rejection caused an unusual amount of uproar, and there is nothing like a high-profile case to make an example out of in pursuit of pushing a bigger policy agenda. The FCC investigation is not just about the arbitrary rejection of a single app. It is the FCC's way of putting a stake in the ground for making the wireless networks controlled by cell phone carriers as open as the Internet.........

huh??????????????????????????????

the f c c?????????? like i said, huh????????

FCC can search homes without a warrant, agency says

By John Byrne
Unlicensed advocates disagree

Have a Wi-Fi router? If you do — and it uses an unlicensed frequency — you could be subject to a warrantless search of your home.

Federal Communications Commission guidelines stipulate that the agency can enter property when it suspects radio frequency energy is being abused. The provision, which was originally intended to aid the monitoring of unlicensed radio and tv stations, now has a broader range of application as more consumers join the wi-fi ranks.

“Anything using RF energy — we have the right to inspect it to make sure it is not causing interference,” FCC spokesman David Fiske told Wired for an article Thursday. The FCC spokesman said the scope included Wi-Fi routers.........

oh my stars

we're losing our jobs. we're losing our companies. we're seeing a great deal of gun violence. our citizens can't afford medical treatment. people are losing their 401k money and pension money and their homes. the wars in iraq and afghanistan are continuing (no, i didn't forget that)

and our courts are going to concentrate on a split second of nippleage. fuck that

we're not in the mess we are in now because we saw janet jackson's nipple

Court Sends Janet Jackson Case Back for Review
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a federal appeals court to re-examine its ruling in favor of CBS Corp. in a legal fight over entertainer Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction.

The high court on Monday directed the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia to consider reinstating the $550,000 fine that the Federal Communications Commission imposed on CBS over Jackson's breast-baring performance at the 2004 Super Bowl.

The order follows the high court ruling last week that narrowly upheld the FCC's policy threatening fines against even one-time uses of curse words on live television........

4,204*

katrina, floods all over, wildfires in california (and elsewhere), poverty, unemployment, financial ruin, foreclosures, homelessness, a current government made up of liars, thieves, dopes, id-jits, scum

and the supreme court is going to hear a case over a bare nipple that was on tv for a matter of a second or two?

is that nip what caused our downfall? NOW i get it! that 'splains EVERYTHIN lucy!

Janet Jackson's 'Nipplegate' case could reach US high court
The US government has asked the Supreme Court to reimpose a half-million-dollar fine slapped on CBS television for a 2004 broadcast of live images of pop star Janet Jackson's breast, court documents obtained by AFP show.

It is up to the Supreme Court to decide whether it will consider the request.

Prosecutors are asking the high court justices to weigh in on a case that raised eyebrows and stirred passions in the United States, where nudity on non-pay television is a no-no in advertising, while rare and limited to late-night hours in television series.

Jackson was performing live at the Superbowl when the attention-getting move took place, in a routine featuring her and fellow performer Justin Timberlake........

*oh, 4,204 are the number of our men and women who were sent to their deaths in iraq

and we're surpised and shocked

because???????????? of course we're not! it's FAUX 'NEWS' you sillies! plus we shouldn't expect the fcc to do anything about this either

Kurtz: Town hall meeting was ‘Fox infomercial for John McCain’

By David Edwards and Nick Langewis

“I think Americans are tired,” Senator John McCain said at a Thursday town hall meeting. “They’re tired of the spin rooms, they’re tired of the soundbites, they’re tired of taking people’s comments out of context.”

The meeting’s audience was comprised entirely of Senator McCain’s supporters, and the broadcasting rights were granted exclusively to Fox News, who also relinquished editorial control of the broadcast.

“That was like a Fox infomercial for McCain,” said CNN’s Howard Kurtz. “Don’t you usually have to buy TV time to get that exposure?”

“It was a sweetheart deal for the McCain campaign,” said TIME Magazine’s Karen Tumulty. “There’s just no way around it.”...........

i never thought i'd say this

and i most likely will NEVER say it (or think it) again. fox impressed me. yes that's right. they did.

ALL of the stations fined should have REFUSED to pay. is someone going to turn into a mass murderer because they saw janet jackson's nipple for a nanosecond? is someone going to turn into a butcher of human beings because they saw the naked ass of some nypd blue actor/actress? we have choices in television viewing. i would NEVER watch the reality shite on faux (the fine was for a show i never even heard of much less watched). i'm a reasonably intelligent human being that KNOWS MY TELEVISION SET HAS AN ON AND OFF BUTTON AND I ALSO KNOW I'M CAPABLE OF CHANGING THE CHANNEL IF I DON'T LIKE WHAT IS ON. it's NOT 1808, it's 2008. people are dying in an illegal immoral unjust war and THIS is the shite we're all fining people for? no, it's wrong

Fox Refuses To Pay 2004 FCC Indecency Fine

By Frank Ahrens Washington Post Staff Writer
In an unusually aggressive step, Fox Broadcasting yesterday refused to pay a $91,000 indecency fine levied by the Federal Communications Commission for an episode of a long-canceled reality television show, even as the network fights two other indecency fines in the Supreme Court.
In 2004, the FCC proposed fining all 169 Fox-owned and affiliate stations a total of $1.2 million for airing a 2003 episode of "Married by America," which featured digitally obscured nudity and whipped-cream-covered strippers.
Fox appealed immediately after the FCC ruling. Last month -- four years later -- the FCC changed its mind, saying it would fine only the 13 Fox stations located in cities that generated viewer complaints to the FCC about the program. The total fine was lowered to $91,000.
Despite the sharp reduction, Fox said it will not pay the fine on principle, calling it "arbitrary and capricious, inconsistent with precedent, and patently unconstitutional" in a statement released yesterday.
Typically, after the FCC determines that a broadcaster is culpable for an indecency fine, the broadcaster pays it -- by writing a check to the U.S. Treasury -- or may attempt to negotiate a settlement, sometimes dragging the process out for years. Sometimes, a broadcaster will take a case to court. Other times, the broadcaster will pay the fine and appeal, hoping for a reversal and refund. ........

i'm wary of this (articles of this sort i mean)

it appears john mccain may be being swiftboated. it also appears he MAY have done a few things he should NOT have done. he was 'rebuked' by the fcc and his dealings were called highly unusual.

is anyone without sin? the answer of course is NO. if these are facts, they SHOULD be brought to light. everyone should be on an equal level and we should all make our decision based on the truths. we're intelligent enough to make up our own minds.

McCain Disputed On 1999 Meeting
Broadcaster Recalls Urging FCC Contact


By James V. Grimaldi and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum Washington Post Staff Writers
Broadcaster Lowell "Bud" Paxson yesterday contradicted statements from Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign that the senator did not meet with Paxson or his lobbyist before sending two controversial letters to the Federal Communications Commission on Paxson's behalf. Paxson said he talked with McCain in his Washington office several weeks before the Arizona Republican wrote the letters in 1999 to the FCC urging a rapid decision on Paxson's quest to acquire a Pittsburgh television station.
Paxson also recalled that his lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, likely attended the meeting in McCain's office and that Iseman helped arrange the meeting. "Was Vicki there? Probably," Paxson said in an interview with The Washington Post yesterday. "The woman was a professional. She was good. She could get us meetings." .......

from 2003

the fcc wants to fine abc for showing buttocks on nypd blue. aren't there OTHER things they could worry about? have a rash of 'kids' who saw the program in question in 2003, grown up to be mass murderers? has the country gone off of the deep end? well YES it has but i most seriously doubt it was because of an ass-shot on nypd blue in 2003. (it's because of the good ol' white boy network lead by king george. and they all have TIGHT asses, even the flabby ones)

US network faces $1m nudity fine
US television network ABC may have to pay a fine of $1.4m (£707,000) for airing an episode of NYPD Blue which depicted female nudity.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said the 2003 show had "multiple, close-up views" of a woman's buttocks before the US watershed.
The FCC deems "sexual or excretory activities" shown in an "offensive" way before 2200 as indecent.
ABC has rejected the claims, saying the buttocks are not a sexual organ.
The proposed penalty has been imposed on all 52 of ABC's stations who broadcast the episode. .........

what's wrong with

THIS picture?

people are afraid to air 'howl' by allen ginsberg on the radio waves. but we can be illegally spied upon and the fcc does NADA?

Public radio station in NYC won't air "Howl" for fear of the FCC
Posted by Cory Doctorow
The FCC's war on dirty words is having a chilling effect -- even WBAI Pacifica, the radical radio station in NYC, is scared of airing Allen Ginsberg's magnificent poem, Howl. "Why, 50 years later after a judge ruled that children could read this poem, people are afraid the courts will say that their ears shouldn't hear it," said Ron Collins, a constitutional law instructor and First Amendment advocate who is leading a small group of authors, broadcasters and free-speech advocates pushing to broadcast the poem eventually. "Yet they can go on the Internet and see far, far worse things."
Another irony: WBAI, the Pacifica Foundation station in New York that plans to post "Howl" online, is the same station that took on the FCC more than 30 years ago over the right to air George Carlin's comedy routine featuring the "seven dirty words." The challenge led to a 1978 Supreme Court decision governing what naughty words can be broadcast and when. ........

FCC refuses to probe telecoms over giving customer data to NSA
As Reuters reports, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has declined to look into allegations that telecommunications companies colluded with the NSA to collect information on American citizens in conjunction with warrantless wiretapping.
Martin cites "national security concerns."
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The reports have prompted scrutiny by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Democratic Rep. Edward Markey, the chairman of a key Energy and Commerce subcommittee, asked Martin to investigate.
In his response, Martin included Tuesday's letter from McConnell. A spokesman for the FCC declined further comment..........

bitch slapping back at the fcc

unfortunately the decision was in favor of FAUX and rupert murdoch but overall it's a victory for freedoms and hopefully ALL networks and ALL airwaves

i am still recovering from seeing janet jackson's partially unclad breast a few years ago but i am a strong woman. i WILL survive (that was an embarrassement. with all going on in the world and the overreactions of just a few over a breast. i still can't believe it)

Broadcasters Win Appeal Of FCC's Profanity Ruling


By Frank AhrensWashington Post Staff Writer

A federal appeals court tossed out an indecency ruling against Rupert Murdoch's Fox television network yesterday and broadly questioned whether the Federal Communications Commission has the right to police the airwaves for offensive language.
In a 2 to 1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York ruled that the FCC went too far in issuing a 2006 decision against Fox Broadcasting for separate incidents in 2002 and 2003 after singer Cher and celebrity Nicole Richie each uttered an expletive on live television............