indecencies

In other words, this whole hue-and-cry over televised indecency, which stoked the fear of the backlash that lead to the 66 stations pre-empting "Saving Private Ryan," is all in the minds of the weak-willed TV stations or in the fevered dreams of the Religious Reich who see these "indecencies" as an opportunity to rake in tons of cash through mass-mailings.

November 2004 2004

"indecencies," and an Early Show broadcast where a survivor of the reality show "Survivor" had used one of the "indecent" words in describing his survival ordeal.

AVN News 2008

Diogenes the Cynic was a strict ascetic who disdained convention, but he reveled in public indecencies that cannot be described here.

Human, All Too Human Gary Rosen 2011

Under the George W. Bush administration, the Federal Communications Commission for the first time began punishing broadcasters for "fleeting expletives" or other momentary indecencies—for instance, the utterance of a four-letter word on an awards program or a brief shot of a woman's backside on "NYPD Blue."

Hot Topics Before High Court Jess Bravin 2011

On-Air Indecency: Justice will consider whether the government's broadcast ban on 'fleeting expletives' or other momentary indecencies violates the First Amendment.

Hot Topics Before High Court Jess Bravin 2011

At least so far, this has been a nonstarter with an Obama health team so romanced by Medicaid's cozy fictions that it neglects the health coverage that Medicaid really offers, and the indecencies it visits on the poor.

Medicaid Is Worse Than No Coverage at All Scott Gottlieb 2011

They received, not simply a living wage, but a wage that paid for some of the decencies, and, in East St. Louis, many of the indecencies of life.

DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

Congress at the same time raised the maximum penalties for broadcast indecencies from $32,500 to $325,000.

Court strikes down FCC indecency rules on fleeting f-bombs 2010

A federal appeals court on Tuesday knocked down the Federal Communications Commission's indecency policy, saying that the agency's guidelines for fleeting expletives and other indecencies in broadcast were vague and violated the First Amendment.

Court strikes down FCC indecency rules on fleeting f-bombs 2010

A federal appeals court on Tuesday knocked down the Federal Communications Commission's indecency policy, saying that the agency's guidelines for fleeting expletives and other indecencies in broadcast violate the First Amendment.

F-ing big deal: FCC indecency rules struck down 2010