"We find that the fleeting uses of the words 'penis','vaginal','ass','bastard' and 'bitch',uttered in the context of the programs cited in the complaints,do not render the material patently offensive under contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium."Making decisions like this is one of the more thankless tasks of America's media regulator,the Federal Communications Commission.Since 1927 the FCC has tried to protect children from "indecency"-sexual content and swear words-on broadcast television and radio.
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