Should the American Media Eliminate Indecency?
Should the American Media Eliminate Indecency? Saturday July 30, 2005 Censorship appears to be a popular American pastime: every so often, some group goes bonkers over some perceived indecency or obscenity and demands that the government reign in an out-of-control media industry in order to keep kids safe from hearing, seeing, or even just thinking anything contrary to some people’s values. The Economist reports on the latest efforts to get the FCC to regulate cable and satellite television the same way it already does broadcast television and with larger fines for every violation: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the media industry’s regulator, defines indecency as language or material that describes sexual or excretory actions or organs and which is considered offensive by contemporary community standards. Solely for the sake of children (present in one-third of American homes), indecency is
