Context is Everything
March 04, 2005
Last Veteran's Day, 66 ABC affiliates cancelled a scheduled broadcast of "Saving Private Ryan," because of its spattering of profanity. The affiliates said they were uncertain, in the post-Janet, post-Bono climate of decency enforcement, about what would pass FCC's muster. This week, the Commission unanimously ruled that "in light of the overall context of the profanity," the movie was not indecent. Brooke speaks with FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein about where the FCC draws the line.
