Ex-chairs: FCC must stop “Victorian” indecency crusade
Two former Federal Communications Commission Chairs have asked the Supreme Court to shut down what they call the FCC’s “Victorian crusade” against broadcasters. “To effectuate its new clean-up-the-airwaves policy, the Commission has radically expanded the definition of indecency beyond its original conception,” warn Newton Minow and Mark Fowler in an amici curiae brief to the high court. The agency has “magnified the penalties for even minor, ephemeral images or objectionable language; and targeted respected television programs, movies, and even non-commercial documentaries.”
