Posted by Martin Heffels on 02/16/06 08:53

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:32:21 -0800, "PTRAVEL" <ptravel88-usenet@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>I had to google "boob gate" to find out to what it referred.

Sorry for the brevity.

>Right, all the woman could do is complain to the FCC. The seminal case was FCC v.
>Pacifica, in which the FCC fined a radio station for broadcasting George
>Carlin's "seven words you can't say on television" routine. The fine was
>imposed when someone complained to the FCC that his kid heard the routine on
>the car radio while they were driving around.

OK, now it starts making more sense to me.

>Severity is in the mind of the beholder. I don't recall whether the Janet
>Jackson incident resulted in a fine or not. I do know that Howard Stern, a
>radio host, earned around $500,000 in fines for himself and his radio
>station.

True. For Stern this will be peanuts, but for me..... :(

cheers

-martin-
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Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

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