FCC: 'Private Ryan' not indecent

[edbermac]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/28/media.privateryan.fcc.reut/index.html

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. communications regulators Monday rejected complaints that the broadcast of "Saving Private Ryan," a film depicting the U.S. landing in France during World War II, violated indecency limits."

"The Federal Communications Commission unanimously decided that ABC television affiliates did not violate indecency regulations when they aired the movie on Veteran's Day in November, despite complaints about profanity and violence."

"Sixty-six ABC stations decided against showing the award-winning film for fear of running afoul with the FCC, which has been cracking down on broadcast and radio stations after several high-profile incidents."

Spielberg and the sane world - 1
Freepers and the Religious Reich - 0

Nice to see my government hard at work dealing with the really crucial issues of the day...

[name not needed]

1. You can show a bunch of soldiers getting blown to pieces,

but you better not show a nipple. Wouldn't want to traumatize the kids, you see.

:eyes:

[Emboldened Chimp]

2. That's actually 2 for Spielberg...

He got to air Schindler's List uncut (sans the blurring in the sex scene).

[DearAbby]

3. Same government that does not want the American People to see

the return home of flag draped coffins of those fallen in this debacle called Iraqi Freedom :crazy:

[Coastie for Truth]

4. Tom Coburn said Schindler's List was indecent.

--if Tom Coburn is a doctor, I'm going up to Stanford to do some brain surgeries -- maybe I can replace Sanjay Gupta or Dean Edell or be a Senator from Oklahoma.

[davidinalameda]

5. duh!

but I do agree with the nipple comment

violence is okay but sex isn't

we want our kids to kill but not screw

go figure

[uppityperson]

6. Violence and body parts=ok to see, sex, live bodies=bad

bah