Judges Err in Lifting Curb on Indecent Broadcasting
Magazine article by
Bruce Fein; Insight on the News, Vol. 10, January 10, 1994
Subjects:
...worrisome. The U.S. Supreme Court in FCC vs. Pacifica Foundation (1978) sustained an FCC sanction against a licensee for broadcasting an indecent monologue at 2 p.m., when children were probably in the audience. Writing for the majority, Justice John...alternatives. Additionally, adults have easy access to indecent expression in newspapers, books, dramas, nightclubs, movies and broadcasts during times when children are unlikely to be viewers, listeners or readers. The restrained federal indecency restrictions...