Court Says Profanity Arguments Can Be Televised

COURT SAYS PROFANITY ARGUMENTS CAN BE TELEVISED
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The oral arguments in broadcasters' challenge to the FCC's March profanity rulings against Fox's Billboard Awards broadcasts will be allowed to be televised. That's according to the docket of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York. The court has informed the attorneys involved that on December 11 it granted a request from C-SPAN to televise the December 20 arguments. Arguments by broadcasters and the FCC are scheduled for 12 minutes per side, but could and probably will go longer. The televised coverage is "uncommon but not unprecedented," said Andrew Schwartzman of the Media Access Project, which is representing intervenor Center for Creative Voices.
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