CBS fined for J.Jackson's breast shot. 700 Club should be fined equally.

[David Zephyr]

The use of the taxpayer's public airwaves to call for a violent crime (murder) in violation of federal and international laws should mandate an immediate fine equal to or greater than the fine that CBS was made to pay for a nanosecond breast shot of Janet Jackson which they could not control.

Pat Robertson's 700 Club should be fined for abuse of the public airwaves and the fine should reflect the degree that inciting murder would be in relation to a brief camera shot of a single nipple.

I say this especially because it was none other than Pat Robertson himself who railed on television against CBS and called for their reprimand by the government.

What now?

All of us need to demand that Robertson be fined. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

[NYCGirl]

1. The FCC cannot fine cable television. NT

[mattclearing]

2. 700 Club is on public airwaves as well. n/t

[Sydnie]

3. The 700 Club was shown on my local station for years

not on a cable station. I bet it is still carried on many network channels still. We need to find that out.

[democracyindanger]

5. 700 Club is a syndicated show

I believe. So while it may air on cable-only channels, it also is broadcast on public airwaves.

[David Zephyr]

8. You are wrong. Not just cable.

Jeez.

[RobertSeattle]

4. Broadcast Stations 700 Club is on

http://www.700club.com/700club/ShowInfo/Schedule/localtvlistings.asp

[cascadiance]

13. This sounds like a job for startchange.org which was from stopsinclair.org

www.stopsinclair.org was set up to organize petitions, etc. to stop Sinclair's illegal practices during the presidential campaigns in providing free swift boat style ad time to Bush and company and at the same time censoring Nightline from its affiliates that were trying to read off names of those who died in Iraq.

Since they were well set up to petition various station affiliates of Sinclair Broadcasting, it seems like they might be a logical candidate to lobby various stations to also stop carrying the 700 club or demand that the FCC fine them for Robertson's actions. If we start at the local station affiliate level, that's where we will have teeth. If the local affiliate won't do anything about it, we can challenge THEIR license to broadcast through their carrying of the 700 club and potential criminal remarks from Robertson.

We can do some separate lobbying to satellite TV and cable companies that won't have the FCC clout behind it, but could have other things such as ad dollars, etc. that they might lose if they don't take some sort of action.

http://www.startchange.org/

[catmandu57]

6. Don't you know

The sight of a naked body is a national disgrace, however they can crush kill and destry to their hearts content. We have things backwards.

[Zinfandel]

7. But Christian Broadcast Network (CBN) only has 20 million viewers, CBS had

hundreds of millions of viewers...(Oh and CBN is pro right-wing republicans).

[Eloriel]

9. I'm with ya on the fine or other sanctions,

check your PM

[TahitiNut]

10. Naww... Robertson is a far, far bigger boob.

He should be fined proportionally.

[robertpaulsen]

11. Kicked and recommended.

Fines for the 700 Club. Imprisonment for Robertson. Pass it on.

[TechBear_Seattle]

12. Ah, but the difference is....

It is much less offensive for a white fundamentalist minister to demand the assassination of a Latino head of state on national TV than it is for a black pop star to flash half a second of a bejeweled tit on national TV. Didn't you know that?

[oasis]

14. Jesse Jackson must have read your post. He just told Lou Dobbs the

same thing.

[cthrumatrix]

15. that's a very common sense observation...therefore expect nothing

to be done to his "hate mongering speech"

[KerryOn]

16. I disagree....

It is not public television, there was not nudity, and as far as i know there was not a problem with language either.

[onenote]

17. i disagree

It was wrong to fine CBS and it would be wrong to fine Robertson. When both the left and right advocate censorship and limiting free speech...even stupid, amoral speech like Robertson's...we are moving down a frightening road...

onenote

[David Zephyr]

18. Clarification.

I don't believe and/or suggest that CBS should have been fined.

I do believe that inciting murder over public airwaves should not result in a fine, but in criminal prosecution.

[onenote]

19. Inciting? Hardly. Just crapping on himself.

He's a blowhard idiot spouting crap. Hardly "inciting". I don't think criminal prosecution of speech -- stupid, asinine speech -- is a particularly wise direction for progressives to be going...

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[Solon]

20. Calling for the assassination of the head of state of any nation...

over public airwaves, I believe constitutes a violation of both US and International law. Prosecution, in this case, does actually seem appropriate. It would be quite different if he said God should strike Chavez down, that is merely rhetoric, versus inciting violence.

[onenote]

21. please provide a link

to the provisions of US law you cite. Robertson stated an imoral, asinine opinion. He's being lambasted for it. That is wonderful. But claiming that folks should be tossed in jail for saying "I think the US government" should do this, that, or the other thing...well, no thanks.

onenote

[Rainscents]

22. Yes, it is illegal! There is tread on this issue with law link with it.

I read it.

[onenote]

23. again, please provide a link