daytime Soaps are too "steamy" says the FCC

[donsu]

http://www.washtimes.com/business/20040401-104949-2841r.htm

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Michael J. Copps, the FCC commissioner who has led the agency's campaign against adult-oriented radio programs, told reporters Wednesday that the FCC should review whether soap operas violate the agency's indecency prohibitions, according to Television Week, an industry trade publication.
Mr. Copps, one of two Democrats on the five-member panel, said he stumbled across a racy soap-opera scene while channel-surfing recently.

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Mr. Copps made his remarks after a National Association of Broadcasters' summit on "responsible programming." The daylong meeting was closed to the press, although Mr. Copps — one of several FCC officials who attended — met with reporters afterward.

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CBS representatives have denied published reports that the recent firing of "Guiding Light" producer John Conboy was linked to the new sensitivities about indecency. Mr. Conboy was dismissed in February, about a week after the show aired a scene in which a character pulled down her boyfriend's underpants, revealing his bare bottom.

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An FCC spokesman was unable to provide the number of complaints it has received about daytime television in recent years.
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yes indeedy smite those dirty Soaps

[liberalhistorian]

1. JEEBUS!

Jesus H. Christ, the soaps have ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY, ALWAYS! WTF is this, a new goddamned puritanism? Excuse me, I have to pick my jaw up off the floor and put my eyes back in my head, now.

[napi21]

8. They sure have been!!!! I'm 60 and they werethe same

when we got out first TV in the 50's.

They really going to pi** of 3/4 of the female population of the US! Heck, there's even a separate cable chanel that lets you catch up on the soaps if you work and can't watch.

[KittyWampus]

21. It's Like We're Being Dragged BACKWARDS Into The 50's!

I'm no fan of soap operas and a lot of the crap on tv... but this is absurd.

[NightTrain]

27. What bothers me most is that it's a Democrat who's leading this witch hunt

Michael Copps was one of the two FCC commissioners who traveled the country last year, holding town hall meetings on the Commission's proposed rules to loosen media-ownership rules even further. And now Copps wants to be the new millennium's Tipper Gore?! :eyes:

[liberalhistorian]

28. Exactly, Dean,

that really bothers me and pisses me off as well. DINOS who help repukes should just do us all a favor and formally switch parties. Copps should get this year's Lieberman DINO Award!

[rfranklin]

2. This will lose a lot of female voters for the Republicans...

Those soaps are sacred. And the advertisers love 'em too.

[aquart]

13. Republicans have female voters?

[Salviati]

3. First Stern

Then Oprah, now soaps? What are they going to go after next? Is it their plan to just piss everone off?

[kerry-is-my-prez]

11. Hopefully, they keep it up. It'll be good for the Dem Party...

n/t

[ima_sinnic]

12. I agree . . . bring it on! show everybody what you're really about

. . . dumbasses.

[aquart]

14. What did they do to Oprah?

I missed this.

[The Zanti Regent]

15. Let Richard Roeper tell you

http://www.suntimes.com/output/roeper/cst-nws-roep241.html

Seems Oprah said naughty things on her show about sex, but I am sure that if Oprah was a Bush Pioneer, they would leave her alone...

[SemperEadem]

20. that's because she puts her ass up in the air for repukes

I'm sure she's really enjoying those Bush tax cuts right about now.

[randr]

4. Isn't it wonderful how the FCC

is watching over us. Just what all republicans aways hoped for. An intrusive government controlling our very thoughts! We should all write the RNC and thank them for making the government more responsible for our actions than our selves. This fits in perfectly with their sense of no personal responsibility.

[napi21]

10. I don't think we should send ANYTHING to the RNC.

But I do think someone on the Kerry team....not Kerry.... should make this well known! I bet there aren't very many women in this country that realize these guys are messing with their SOAPS! They'll freak! Women of ALL AGES are hooked on these things! and have been for decades.

This information needs to get into the headlines, in the editorials, and on the late night talk shows!

[Paranoid_Portlander]

17. Congratulations for 409 posts.

.

[Mz Pip]

5. Porn in the Afternoon

The ABC soaps used to have a slogan "Love in the Afternoon"

Guess it's been changed.

MzPip
:dem:

[0007]

26. Porked in the afternoon

[bluedog]

6. for pity sakes

don't these assholes have anything else to do? Pick pick pick....clean up the mess in DC ..

[tridim]

7. Here we go.

If we give these guys 4 more years, sex before marriage will be a felony. I wonder if they have a problem with women wearing "revealing" clothes and swimwear in public? My guess is that they do and they are working on a plan to keep as much skin covered as possible. Sounds like some other countries I know of.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

9. Uh-oh - don't mess with the soaps.The Bushies are going to p.o. housewives

They're playing with fire... Add another group of people who are going to be pissed at BushCo - hopefully.

[SammyWinstonJack]

24. Just how many groups does that make now?

bush*co seems to be racking up the #'s of groups who won't be voting for him. Looks like he'll definitely need Diebold for his re-sElection.

[BabsSong]

16. At pushing 60, where the hell else am I going to see hot steamy bodies

...don't mess with the female population you flabby old men who wouldn't have anything to show if they pulled down your pants. When home ill, husband has been known to stare over the top of a magazine at a few good scenes. See, they have therapuetic value, too. It must be a joy living with these pricks of the FCC.

[Mari333]

18. heh good post I needed to laugh today.

especially today. thanks.

[SemperEadem]

19. back to the Hayes commision already, are we?

If anything, the soaps should be run off the air because they're so poorly written, stupid and incipid.

[Neecy]

22. unfortunately...

Copps is a "Democrat", so this gives Powell cover. WE will get blamed for this.

Pathetic, how the FCC figures out 'indecency' by channel surfing!

[LeahMira]

23. Change the $%^&* station, ya dummies!

yes indeedy smite those dirty Soaps

It's almost as if every American TV didn't have a channel changer.

It's even almost as if every American can't shut off the TV and read a book.

I suppose the FCC would prefer to run cartoons all day... or even Christian broadcasting, heaven forbid! Or maybe that's the plan.

[Triple H]

25. Of for %^&*s sake....

what the hell is going on in this country? Now there's problems with steamy love scenes on tv....WHERE THEY SHOW NO NUDITY??????

CHANGE THE ****ING CHANNELS YOU RW DUMBASSES!!!