FCC: Indecency on CBS Could Cost $3.6M

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FCC: Indecency on CBS Could Cost $3.6M

The government proposed a fine of $3.6 million against CBS and dozens of its stations and affiliates Wednesday in a crackdown on what regulators called indecent television programming.

The Federal Communications Commission said a network program, “Without a Trace,” that aired in December 2004 was indecent. It cited the graphic depiction of "teenage boys and girls participating in a sexual orgy.

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Of course CBS doesn’t think they did anything wrong, so why should they have to pay?

The networks have been going without being fined and paying fines for so long that will put anything on television without censoring themselves.

As long as the new FCC chairman will fine and enforce the fines, free television will become more of a place where a family can watch together.

Shame on us for having to pay to find programs that are appropriate for family viewing.
 
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