Rather
expensive, up to $350,000 ($248,000) on television, so decided the
tribunal Supreme Court of America a few years ago, when TV channels emit
swear words, rude insults, any vulgarity and coarseness, considering
the sanction did not violate liberty of expression.
In 2006, during the rein of George Bush, the FCC (organisation that regulate the sector), decided to establish a code of fines to channels that emitted cruel expressions, vulgar words and coarse slang. Channels like Fox, ABC and CBS, amongst others, took the matter to the tribunals, arguing that it violated liberty of expression.
It's high time other countries take heed of this. It's one the few things on TV that annoys me most. A lot of these bad words are totally unnecessary, apart from irritating any decent audience and giving bad examples to the young people and the not so educated, they add nothing at all to the stories told. Many of the TV programmes produced in England are probably even worse and more prolific in swearing and vulgarity.
Their argument is that they want to reflect the reality as it is. As if we don't get enough and sick to the stomach with such reality already. Part of the responsibility of any public service should add value and the right guidance especially to the young and the vulnerable where possible, and curtailing bad influence is certainly within their power to do so.
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