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Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 25 Comments: 0 Today in History for Wednesday, May 9Th Today in History for Wednesday, May 9Th Highlights of Today in History for Wednesday, May 9th: FDA approves birth control pill; FCC chair condemns TV programming; First Americans to fly over North Pole; Journalist Mike Wallace born; "Piano Man" Billy Joel born. Subscribe to the Associated Press: http://bit.ly/APYouTube Download AP Mobile: http://www.ap.org/mobile/ Associated Press on Facebook: http://apne.ws/c7lQTV Associated Press on Twitter: http://apne.ws/bTquhb Associated Press on Google+: http://bit.ly/zuTKBL May 9, 2012 7:03 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 25 Comments: 0 Cell Carriers to Disable Stolen Phones for Good Cell Carriers to Disable Stolen Phones for Good Senator Charles Schumer says that major cellphone carriers and the FCC have agreed to set up a database of identification numbers that are unique to each phone, making it easier to permanently disable a phone once it has been reported stolen. (April 10) Apr 10, 2012 3:03 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 116 Comments: 0 Cell Phone Users to Get Alerts on Extra Charges Cell Phone Users to Get Alerts on Extra Charges Users of cell phones and other wireless devices who are nearing their monthly limit for voice, text or data services will receive alerts when they are in danger of being charged extra, under an agreement reached by carriers and the FCC. (Oct. 17) Oct 17, 2011 5:02 PM
Headline Tag: Humor Rating: Amazing Hits: 1538 Comments: 3 George Carlin on the FCC, 1988 George Carlin on the FCC, 1988 A short part from George Carlin's 1988 show - What the Fuck am I Doing in New Jersey. Dec 27, 2010 10:40 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: Ok Hits: 176 Comments: 1 Will Net Neutrality Save the Internet? Will Net Neutrality Save the Internet? Advocates say that "Net Neutrality" will "save the Internet." But does the Internet need saving? Net Neutrality is a proposed set of regulatory powers that would grant the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the ability to control how Internet service providers (ISPs) package their services. Proponents argue that such rules are necessary to ensure that ISPs treat all data on the Internet equally and don't slow or even restrict access to various websites and other parts of the Internet. However well-intentioned, the practical effect will be to limit consumer choice and grant the federal government unprecedented power over the Internet, all in the name of fixing a problem that doesn't exist in any meaningful way (http://reason.com/blog/2010/02/24/recently-at-reasontv-net-neutr). Indeed, examples of the behavior that Net Neutrality will combat are few and far between. Approximately 4 minutes. Produced and animated by Austin Bragg. Written by Zach Weissmueller. Scroll down for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live. User: Pantufas Dec 21, 2010 3:04 AM
Headline Tag: Politics Rating: Amazing Hits: 1317 Comments: 7 FCC Chair Backs Two-Tiered Internet Fees FCC Chair Backs Two-Tiered Internet Fees Net Neutrality Democracy Now December 3 2010 User: wadadde Dec 4, 2010 12:52 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 264 Comments: 0 Mike Rowe: Interview with a Vampire Mike Rowe: Interview with a Vampire Mike Rowe, desperate to be taken seriously, tries his hand at serious journalism. Also, an attempt by Mike and disgruntled producer to get fired from mundane family show by taunting the passive-aggressive general manager of the station who was obsessed with FCC compliance. User: spam_vigilante Oct 21, 2010 10:38 AM
Headline Tag: Politics Rating: Good Hits: 1063 Comments: 16 3 Reasons The FCC Shouldn't 3 Reasons The FCC Shouldn't "Touch" The Internets The FCC has just taken initial steps to regulate the Internet service providers the same way it regulates telephone companies. Although Chairman Julius Genachowski has said he would use any regulatory powers with a "light touch," having the FCC control any aspect of the Internet is a really bad idea for at least three reasons. Written and produced by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie (who also hosts). User: Pantufas Jun 21, 2010 2:15 AM
Headline Tag: Television Rating: Amazing Hits: 1613 Comments: 6 All in the Family: Family Viewing Hour All in the Family: Family Viewing Hour Backstory: The Family Viewing Hour, which was in effect from 1975 thru 1977, was mandated by the FCC to have the networks show ONLY family-friendly programming from 8 to 9 PM ET, since there was too much sex and violence on the tube during those hours.. (This ruling was rescinded two years later, in 1977.) This ruling forced Norman Lear, creator of "All in the Family," to move the show from its 8 PM Sat. time slot to 9 PM on Monday nights. The cast of "All in the Family" did a little in-house "tribute" to the Family Viewing our, with their new "1975 version" of the show's opening theme song...and here it is! This clip never aired, it was only performed live before a studio audience. User: spam_vigilante Jun 30, 2009 4:35 AM
Permanent Tag: Television Rating: Good Hits: 811 Comments: 0 Fox News Likes YouTube Censorship? Fox News Likes YouTube Censorship? On Fox News, Bill O'Reilly and Amanda Carpenter were more than happy to report on the new restrictions on YouTube, though without reporting on the the changes in profanity rules that are proving most controversial. Meanwhile, Fox Television, joined by other broadcast networks, is fighting all the way to the US Supreme Court to protect their right to broadcast profanity. The short clip I used from "The O'Reilly Factor" was broadcast on Fox News on December 10, 2008. The oral argument in Fox Television v FCC in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals from which I took two short clips for my video was originally broadcast on C-SPAN on December 20, 2006 and is available in full on the C-SPAN video archive online at http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products;_id=195903-1 User: TheNextDylan Dec 19, 2008 12:13 AM
Headline Tag: Television Rating: Good Hits: 3713 Comments: 2 Unnecessary Censorship for Sesame Street Unnecessary Censorship for Sesame Street Clips from Sesame Street get treated to some Unnecessary Censorship - "Come & Play" episode from Jimmy Kimmel Live User: EViLMinD Jul 18, 2008 10:25 PM
Permanent Tag: Television Rating: Good Hits: 809 Comments: 0 Government Attic.org Government Attic.org A collection of informative and entertaining government documents scarcely seen by the public, including PDF files full of complaints made to the FCC about such shows as: Penn and Teller's Bullshit, Family Guy, The Simpsons, South Park, Jerry Springer, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and even The Oprah Winfrey show among many others. To quote the main page: "The aim of this web site is to make available materials unavailable elsewhere. There is no topic-oriented theme to our content. If we have a theme, it is one of openness, hence our motto: Videre licet." User: Shiggety Jul 2, 2008 6:13 PM
Headline Tag: Television Rating: Good Hits: 4615 Comments: 0 George Carlin Arrested for Seven Dirty Words George Carlin Arrested for Seven Dirty Words George Carlin, the influential comedian whose routines used profanity, scatology and absurdity to point out the silliness and hypocrisy of human life, has died. He was 71. Carlin performed as recently as last weekend at the Orleans Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas. Carlin performed as recently as last weekend at the Orleans Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas. Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, died of heart failure Sunday in Los Angeles, according to publicist Jeff Abraham. Carlin went into St. John's Health Center on Sunday afternoon, complaining of chest pain, and died at 5:55 p.m. PT. Carlin performed as recently as last weekend at the Orleans Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, and maintained a busy performing schedule, which included regular TV specials for HBO. "He was a genius and I will miss him dearly," Jack Burns, who was the other half of a comedy duo with Carlin in the early 1960s, told The Associated Press. Carlin was often quoted, his best lines traded like baseball cards. "Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?" began one famous routine. Then there were the non-sequiturs: "The bigger they are, the worse they smell," he observed. He filled three best-selling books, several record albums and countless television appearances with his material. He appreciated the impact his words made on fans. "These are nice additional merit badges that you earn if you've left a mark on a person or on some people," he told CNN.com in 2004. "I'd say it's flattering, but flattery implies insincerity, so I call it a compliment." But he was probably best known for a routine that began, "I was thinking about the curse words and the swear words, the cuss words and the words that you can't say." It was a monologue, known as "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television," that got Carlin arrested and eventually led to the Supreme Court. The "Seven Dirty Words" bit, which was initially recorded for 1972's "Class Clown" album, prompted a landmark indecency case after New York's WBAI-FM radio aired it in 1973. The case was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the justices ruled 5-4 that the sketch was "indecent but not obscene," giving the FCC broad leeway to determine what constituted indecency on the airwaves. "So my name is a footnote in American legal history, which I'm perversely kind of proud of," Carlin said. "In the context of that era, it was daring. "It just sounds like a very self-serving kind of word. I don't want to go around describing myself as a 'groundbreaker' or a 'difference-maker' because I'm not and I wasn't," he said. "But I contributed to people who were saying things that weren't supposed to be said." Carlin, who was also an author, was slated to receive in November the 2008 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, given by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. "In his lengthy career as a comedian, writer and actor, George Carlin has not only made us laugh, but he makes us think," Kennedy Center Chairman Stephen Schwarzman said in a statement. "His influence on the next generation of comics has been far-reaching." In a typically wry response, Carlin said, "Thank you, Mr. Twain. Have your people call my people." Carlin hosted the first broadcast of "Saturday Night Live" in October 1975. He played the character of Mr. Conductor on the PBS series "Shining Time Station" and starred in more than a dozen HBO specials. Carlin was also a regular on The Tonight Show. He produced 23 comedy albums, 14 HBO specials, three books, a couple of TV shows and appeared in several movies, from his own comedy specials to "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" in 1989, the AP reported. He also starred in three of comedic director Kevin Smith's movie -- 1999's "Dogma," 2001's "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" and 2004's "Jersey Girl." And his voice was so familiar and tuned to the craft of comedy that he was often asked to appear in cartoons, including Toon City's "Tarzan II," Disney's "Cars" and two episodes of "The Simpsons." He won four Grammy Awards, each for best spoken comedy album, and was nominated for five Emmy awards, according to AP. Jun 26, 2008 12:43 PM
Permanent Tag: Humor Rating: Good Hits: 878 Comments: 0 The Onion: FCC Okays Nudity on TV if it's Alyson Hannigan The Onion: FCC Okays Nudity on TV if it's Alyson Hannigan An FCC official clarifies new broadcasting regulations that clear the way for more nude scenes featuring the beautiful, auburn-haired Alyson Hannigan. User: TheNextDylan Mar 10, 2008 10:29 AM
Headline Tag: Television Rating: Amazing Hits: 821 Comments: 2 Bill Moyers Journal: FCC and Media Consolidation Bill Moyers Journal: FCC and Media Consolidation Publishing conglomerates have been buying up local newspapers for more than thirty years, but they've been prohibited from buying radio and TV stations. From Bill Moyers Journal. Dec 16, 2007 1:01 AM
 
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