Fox Charges FCC With Exceeding Authority

  • December 21, 2006
Fox Television, a unit of News Corp., wants an appeals court to chuck the FCC's broadast indecency policy. The net argues that it violates right-to-free speech provisions and exceeds the agency's authority to regulate TV content. The case focuses on two Billboard Music Award shows that aired live in 2002 and 2003, respectively. The F-word and the S-word were uttered during the broadcasts.

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