On Good Friday, four broadcast TV networks sued in federal court to overturn specific FCC indecency rulings issued on March 15, 2006. The rulings determined that various broadcast TV network programs had violated the federal broadcast indecency law. In addition, the networks hope to convince the court that the broadcast indecency law is an anachronism that should be struck down as unconstitutional because viewers can use technology to block programs. What the TV networks now want is a new "constitutional right" to pollute the public airwaves with endless smut, without any fear of FCC reprisal! This is not a battle between the networks and the FCC. This is a battle between callous and greedy network TV moguls and the large majority of adult Americans who are disgusted by the filth coming through their televisions. If the networks choose to add insult to injury by going to the courts with their frustrations, we must go to Congress with ours.
The Broadcast Indecency Enforcement Act of 2005 Fourteen months ago, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 310, the Broadcast Indecency Enforcement Act of 2005, by an overwhelming 389-35 vote. H.R. 310 will raise fines against broadcast indecency violators and strengthen the FCC's ability to enforce those fines. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens insisted on holding hearings on the TV indecency issue but has not allowed any bill to come up for a vote in his Committee. He hopes the networks will clean up the airwaves themselves - despite the fact that the networks now want an unlimited right to broadcast vile language and even hardcore sex! Something must be done to reach the entire Senate - and the only way to achieve action is through the grassroots! You can contact your two U.S. Senators at a local office near to where you live or by calling the Capitol Switchboard at (202)
224-3121 or by going to www.senate.gov and using the FIND YOUR SENATORS search box to obtain phone numbers and email addresses for your Senators. Your message should be succinct. Ask your senators to take a stand against shameless TV network executives who want to transform the public airwaves into a public sewer. Ask them to support passage of H.R. 310, The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005.
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