The conservative Christian lobby used the Janet Jackson-Justin Timberlake fiasco at the Super Bowl to demand the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) more strictly enforce "decency" standards. They certainly had in mind someone like Howard Stern who went to satellite radio (which are free from FCC regulations).
They perhaps didn't have in mind the movie Saving Private Ryan. Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war, said, "Saving Private Ryan is a powerful and important depiction of the sacrifices made for our country."
Yet many ABC TV affiliates refused to air the movie on Veterans' Day because they feared the film's graphic language would run afoul of... the FCC's decency standards.
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