Brownback Tries to Restore FCC's Profanity Power

BROWNBACK TRIES TO RESTORE FCC'S PROFANITY POWER
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Senator and presidential candidate Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) -- who helped get the FCC's indecency fines increased 10-fold -- wants to give the Commission back the profanity enforcement power a federal court decision essentially took away, and add violence regulation to its resume. Sen Brownback, a member of the Senate Appropriations committee, said Tuesday that he will offer two amendments to a general government appropriations bill Thursday, July 12, one that would "continue support for the FCC to fine broadcasters who air indecent, profane, or obscene content," and another that would "fine broadcasters for airing excessively violent content during the hours when children are most likely to be in the audience."
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