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zbdent

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2. Well, the standards are ...

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Tue May 1, 2012, 08:05 PM

May 2012

you cannot show a (female) nipple on TV for a 10th of a second without threatening to be fined half a million dollars for every station in the U.S. which carried it ...

But Faux can show a guy with a shirt with one of the few remaining "seven words you can't say on TV or radio) for at least 10 seconds, and not get fined for an "inadvertent" display ... despite the fact that the cameraman sought out the "offender" ...

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Rupert Murdoch's Fox broadcast licences targeted by US ethics group [View all] Newsjock May 2012 OP

How much would I love to see this happen Liberalynn May 2012 #1

Well, the standards are ... zbdent May 2012 #2

not to mention Faux can LIE constantly & never give evidence of their lying statements wordpix May 2012 #6

was it the "F da Eagles" incident? alp227 May 2012 #10

I don't see how that's "inadvertent" ... zbdent May 2012 #12

There's an ethics group in the U.S.? Baitball Blogger May 2012 #3

A big time K and R for this one Kingofalldems May 2012 #4

it seems to me that they are not going to meet the character standard in America." Bonhomme Richard May 2012 #5

Hell, we made that piece of slime Murdoch an American citizen. beac May 2012 #8

I don't understand why their license hasn't been revoked before with all of the phony Lint Head May 2012 #7

Appellate Court Rules Media Can Legally Lie. LiberalFighter May 2012 #9

Does that mean Family Guy and Fringe and New Girl will get canceled???? alp227 May 2012 #11