Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Report: FCC Gets 56,000 ‘Decency' Comments In One Week

The Federal Communications Commission has received over 56,000 comments in opposition to their proposal to loosen their standards regarding graphic content on television and radio.

According to the American Family Association, the large number of comments given to the FCC took place over the span of only one week.

"It is apparent that Americans have an extremely high interest in what is allowed over the airwaves and what their children and grandchildren are watching and listening to on television and radio," the group said.

AFA is one of many conservative and media content watchdog groups advocating for the maintaining of the FCC's "standards of decency" for language and sexual content.

Patrick Trueman, president and CEO of Morality in Media, told The Christian Post that while the large number of comments was "a very encouraging response" he was doubtful that the volume of responses would affect the FCC's direction.

"Given that the FCC has for years totally ignored the American public, as well as the will of Congress, on TV indecency, I am not optimistic. The FCC notice of the change indicates that it is already implementing the proposed policy," said Trueman.

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