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Stern v. FCC
Love him or hate him, Howard Stern is the “King of all Media”. In twenty controversial years of radio, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined Howard Stern a sum of some 1.7 million dollars. The FCC has been trying to curtail Howard Stern’s ....
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.... of disallowed content embodied in the Pacifica ruling. On the other hand, the vagueness of the precedent may mean that some or all of Stern's talk is legally "indecent". Like their 1973 definition of "obscene" content (which included seven cuss words), the Supreme Court has refused to issue a definition of "indecent" content that articulates clear boundaries and is not.
These seven cuss words are also in Stern’s breech of contract, but these were never purposely used on air in any of his radio shows.
This vagueness in the ruling puts a dent in our rights as citizens ....
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