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  • July 2008

    • Court Tosses Super Bowl Fine

      Broadcasting & Cable  |  Jul 21, 08 1:27 PM CDT

      Court Tosses Super Bowl Fine

      (Newser) - A federal appeals court today threw out the FCC $550,000 fine against CBS for Janet Jackson’s infamous 2004 “wardrobe malfunction.” The decency watchdogs were found to have acted arbitrarily in changing their policy of not punishing fleeting nudity, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The court separately said the network couldn’t be held "vicariously liable" for the halftime breast-baring—that is, liable for something it didn't plan and could not foresee. More »

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      television  • FCC  • nudity  • Justin Timberlake  • indecency  • Janet Jackson  • wardrobe malfunction

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Fox Thumbs Nose at $91K FCC Fine

      Bloomberg  |  Mar 25, 08 11:00 AM CDT

      Fox Thumbs Nose at $91K FCC Fine

      (Newser) - Think strippers and whipped cream is indecent? Pshaw, says Fox, which wants the FCC to drop a $91,000 indecency fine for a 2003 episode of “Married by America” in which contestants at rowdy parties licked whipped cream off topless strippers. The network originally was fined $1.2 million, reports Bloomberg, but the FCC decided to impose $7,000 fines only on the 13 stations that received complaints. More »

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      FCC  • Fox  • indecency  • stripper

    • Supremes to Weigh On-Air Swearing

      Reuters  |  Mar 17, 08 1:11 PM CDT

      Supremes to Weigh On-Air Swearing

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court might take up a gavel in one hand and a bar of soap in the other next term, when it considers a case challenging the FCC’s “fleeting utterances” standards, it announced today. The FCC is appealing a lower-court ruling—which arose when Cher dropped an F-bomb during a 2002 Fox broadcast—that it has failed to “articulate a reasoned basis” for the rules. More »

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      television  • US Supreme Court  • FCC  • CBS  • Fox  • constitutionality  • indecency  • Janet Jackson  • profanity  • wardrobe malfunction  • swearing

  • January 2008

    • ABC Faces Hefty FCC Fine for Bare Bottom

      Hollywood Reporter  |  Jan 26, 08 2:01 PM CST

      ABC Faces Hefty FCC Fine for Bare Bottom

      (Newser) - The airing of a woman’s bare bottom almost five years ago could cost ABC $1.43 million, if the FCC gets its way. The media watchdog levied the maximum penalty last night against the Disney-owned broadcaster for a 2003 episode of NYPD Blue . The stiff penalty is a sign the FCC’s anti-indecency initiative is back in full force, the Hollywood Reporter says. More »

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      television  • FCC  • ABC  • First Amendment  • indecency

  • September 2007

    • 'Wardrobe Malfunction' Busts Into Court

      Reuters  |  Sep 12, 07 6:06 AM CDT

      'Wardrobe Malfunction' Busts Into Court

      (Newser) - Almost 4 years after Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl halftime show, a federal appeals court is being asked to decide whether the incident was indecent or a fluke. The FCC fined CBS $550,000; the network argues the penalty is out of line. It's also having a "deeply censorious effect" on American broadcasting, said a CBS attorney. More »

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      FCC  • CBS  • Justin Timberlake  • indecency  • Janet Jackson  • wardrobe malfunction

    • Short Skirt Doesn't Fly at Southwest

      ABC News  |  Sep 8, 07 12:40 PM CDT

      Short Skirt Doesn't Fly at Southwest

      (Newser) - A San Diego co-ed (and Hooters employee) nearly got kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight for showing too much skin. A  flight attendant called Kyla Ebbert to the front of the plane and asked her to change out of her 'revealing attire' or take a later flight. Ebbert brokered a compromise and remained aboard, but now she may sue Southwest over the ordeal, ABC reports. More »

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      airline  • Southwest Airlines  • clothes  • indecency  • Today Show  • Kyla Ebbert

  • August 2007
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