Focus (Forum & Focus)
Jun. 20, 2008
An Obscene Limit on Speech
For the first time in 30 years since the U.S. Supreme Court held that a midday radio broadcast of George Carlin's "seven dirty words" monologue was indecent, the high court is taking up the issue of what is too indecent for the airwaves, write John Stephens and Caroline Bussin. - Focus Column
By John Stephens and Caroline Bussin
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For the first time in 30 years since the U.S. Supreme Court held that a midday radio broadcast of George Carlin's "seven dirty words" monologue was indecent, the high court is taking up the issue of what is too indecent for the airwaves. It recently agreed to hear FCC v. Fox Television Stations, when it will rule on the prop...
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