CBS Affiliates: Retract 'Without a Trace' Fine

CBS AFFILS: RETRACT TRACE FINE
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
In a supplement, filed Tuesday, to their earlier challenge of the multimillion-dollar FCC fine, CBS television stations argue that there were "no true complaints from actual viewers following the [December 2004] broadcast"--they instead say the complaints came after the complainants saw a clip on the Internet. The stations also argue and that the complaints were not filed from the markets where the stations aired the show. Almost all the indecency complaints were filed through the Web sites of the Parent's Television Council and the American Family Association. “Everything the PTC has said is accurate," said PTC President Brent Bozell. "Every complaint filed comes from a United States citizen who, last I heard, still had the constitutional privilege to petition his government. Rather than these stupid maneuvers, CBS and Viacom should spend time pondering why it’s wrong to broadcast scenes of teenage orgies in front of millions of children." The FCC said at the same time it proposed the fines against the show March 15--for a brief scene of a teen sex party--that it was also now only going to accept complaints against a station if they came from its market.
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