美国联邦通信委员会长久以来一直禁止在清醒的时候说脏话和裸露身体,虽然它过去经常对偶发性事件抱有宽容的态度。最高法院在1978年根据一部禁止广播中出现淫秽内容的法律,表示支持该委员会的禁令,尽管这些禁令侵犯了言论自由。但是广播公司抱怨称委员会对体面的追求前后矛盾,多余而且越来越不切实际。为什么,他们质疑到,粗口在某些情况下是被允许的,但在其他场合上是不被允许的?在观众有权利选择想看的频道的情况下,真的有这个必要使公众免受粗口的干扰么?尤其是,法院在1978年决定电视广播需要接受监管时,是因为他们是一种稀缺的,公有的资源,而如今在这种有线电视,卫星和YouTube充斥的时代,这些监管还有必要么?毕竟,美国大约85%的家庭现在都订阅了某种方式的付费电视;几乎70%的家庭拥有宽带,从而不断的接触粗口和淫秽内容。
Judging by their questions to the broadcasters lawyers, however, not all the justices areconvinced. All the government is asking for, said John Roberts, the chief justice, is a fewchannels where youare not going to hear the s-word, the f-word. Moreover, as the PTCpoints out, in spite of the proliferation of viewing options, broadcasters remain pre-eminent.Of the 100 most popular shows last year, 89 were on broadcast networks, not cable. Some114m people watched this years half-time show, making itswearing, middle finger and allthe most widely seen television programme in American history.
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