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Profanity - urgent help needed

August 30, 2007
Action Alert
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 Court OKs F-Word In Front of Kids

Ruling Permits Unedited Profanities to Air During Any Time of Day

Yesterday, in a 2-1 decision, a U.S. appeals court in New York City has cleared the way for television networks to use the "F-word" and "S-word" in front of children at any time of the day. The courts have essentially taken your property -- the broadcast airwaves -- and handed ownership of them over to the networks to do with as they please.

We urgently need you to take action today.

Please take a moment to write to your representatives in Congress and to the President of the United States to express your outrage and demand a solution that reflects the will of the people -- not the will of two judges in New York City and a handful of powerful entertainment industry executives.

It won't take but a moment of your time -- but your action, combined with the voices of tens of thousands of other PTC supporters could make a huge difference. Send this letter to your elected officials, then forward this note to everyone in your address book.

When the FCC ruled that the use of the "F-word" and "S-word" primetime television broadcasts of the 2002 and 2003 Billboard Music Awards violated the broadcast indecency law, Fox and other broadcasters filed suit in federal court to overturn the ruling.

They are demanding the right to use the public airwaves to broadcast profane and indecent content regardless of time of day; regardless of how many impressionable young children are watching; regardless of the proof of the harm this content does to young viewers; regardless of the fact that there is overwhelming public support for the FCC's crack-down on indecent content; regardless of the fact that just one year ago the House by a 10-1 margin and the Senate unanimously authorized the FCC to increase indecency fines ten-fold.

Today's ruling is an insult to the American public.

Hollywood manipulated the legal system by shopping around for a court that would be favorable to their arguments, and they found two federal judges in New York City to impose their will on the nation. The Court's decision runs contrary to nearly 80 years of jurisprudence about the publicly-owned airwaves, not to mention the overwhelming sense of the nation. Community decency standards should not be decided by two judges in New York.

We believe the two judges on the Second Circuit Court are wrong, and we are urging our public servants to correct this gross injustice. If you share our outrage and concern, please tell the FCC to pursue whatever steps are necessary to remedy the misguided opinions of those judges, including an appeal of this case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Don't let this outrage go unanswered. Please speak up today. Submit the form below to let your voice be heard. And don't forget to forward this e-mail to everyone in your address book.

With urgent thanks,
 

Tim Winter
President
Parents Television Council -- Because our children are watching.

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