The Alert
On April 14, as millions of Americans were
attending Good Friday services and contemplating the highest ideals of
self-sacrifice and love, the four major TV networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, and
Fox) were busy filing federal lawsuits aimed at abolishing existing FCC
decency standards. Specifically, these out-of-touch media elites are
claiming that the First Amendment should allow them to use the “F-word”
and the “S-word” during primetime or “family hour” programming.
These are public airwaves! They are to be used for the public good. How
can vulgar and offensive language during “family hour” programming
serve in the public’s best interests?
The Action
The Center is dedicated to gathering tens of thousands of petitions to send to the FCC to show our support for a more consistent and forceful application of existing obscenity and indecency standards.
After you sign the petition, please call Senator Ted Stevens, the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Representative Joe Barton, the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Urge them to hold hearings looking into the networks’ coordinated legal campaign to legitimize profanity during TV’s family hours.
- Senator Ted Stevens: (202) 224-3004
- Representative Joe Barton: (202) 225-2002