Fresh Air Lends Ear to Indecency Debate

FRESH AIR LENDS EAR TO INDECENCY DEBATE
[SOURCE: Fresh Air/National Public Radio, AUTHOR: Terry Gross]
* A TV Producer's View of FCC Indecency Policy
Louis Wiley is executive editor of the PBS documentary series Frontline, which has been affected by the Federal Communications Commission's crackdown on indecency in broadcasting. The FCC has increased fines tenfold for material they deem indecent.
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* FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein Discusses Crackdown
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* Attorney Describes Challenge of Indecency Rules
Attorney Stephen Weiswasser advises stations on what material may be deemed indecent. He is a partner in law of Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C. He says the FCC guidelines are difficult to interpret.
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* Interest Group Files Complaint Over Emmy Language
Tim Winter is executive director of the Parents Television Council (PTC). Last week, the PTC filed an indecency complaint with the FCC over the NBC broadcast of the Emmy Awards because of language used by actresses Helen Mirren and Calista Flockhart.
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