FCC Strong Arming PBS 'Frontline' and a Ken Burns documentary

[freethought]

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS SHIT! 'Frontline' probably one of the best investigative news shows there is, I would even rate them above 60 Minutes given that they will dedicate a full episode or even multiple episodes to dissecting a topic, is "sanitizing" an upcoming segment called "Return of the Taliban", an expose on how this evil administration is letting Afghanistan slip through its fingers. There is small amount of footage where Canadian soldiers are saying the "f"-Bomb while in direct combat with the Taliban. This apparently has run afoul of our ever-so-pious FCC censors who threatened to take action if the expletives weren't edited out. The actual combat footage may be edited out entirely. The producers and editors of the episode don't feel it is worth it to "go to the matt" for it.

Oh and it doesn't stop there!

Film producer Ken Burns is putting the finishing touches on a documentary on WWII. This film may also be sanitized given that Burns' approach to reading quotations of letters or statements of soldiers, leaders, generals, etc... has put a few "dirty words" in the mix.

As of this moment I ready to tear my hair out in clumps. I initially saw the article on HuffPost but you can access the whole article via the New York Observer at this link:

http://www.observer.com/20061002/20061002_Rebecca_Dana_media_nytv.asp

This is just unreal. Heaven-for-fucking-bid we should show the reality of what is happening in the real world or try to put a truthful face on history. But sexually charged scenes on "Desperate Housewives" or flooding the news with a story about some blond middle school teacher bedding down with one of her male students is OK! Oh and I am just positive that the 14 year-old teen this teacher "molested" is just "totally destroyed for life".
WHAT SANCTIMONIOUS BULLSHIT!
@$&#!*^% )(*^&%$#! **&%@#$$^^&&*^^%#$%#^%&%#*$^#*&^$*#^*#

:mad: :nuke: :grr: :mad: :nuke: :grr: :mad: :nuke: :grr: :mad: :nuke: :grr:
Ok, I'm done. BUT I AM STILL F______G PISSED OFF!!!!

[Wilber_Stool]

1. Oh, you can show people being killed.

You just can't say fuck when you kill 'em.

[freethought]

2. I think Jack Nicholson maybe said it best.

"In America if suck on a tit it's rated X. Slash it off with blade and it's rated R"
Point taken.

[Erika]

3. It's the W Falwell/Robertson influence

They don't mind killing helpless Iraqis, or starving the poor, but just don't use nasty words. Falwell/Dobson's God would be so offended.

[KharmaTrain]

4. It'll Make The DVD Worth More

Considering PBS's recent history with Tomlinson's scandals and how they dealt with Bill Moyers, I would be more concerned if they pulled the entire episode altogether.

Frontline is far and away the best American-produced News series and one of PBS' most popular and profitable. Let 'em clean up the words since I'm sure the impact and meaning of the segment will be preserved. This series rarely pulls punches.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. I love all this puritanical crap as CEOs get marched off

to prison & we drop bombs on old ladies and children in the middle east whenever the opportunity presents itself.

[Jack Rabbit]

6. Can you say FCC phonetically?

I knew you could.