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Article: FCC spares 'Private Ryan'.(Federal Communications Commission, 'Saving Private Ryan')(Brief Article)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
- Article date:
- March 7, 2005
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ABC stations that aired the uncut version of World War II movie Saving Private Ryan won't be punished by the FCC.
The network's Veterans Day broadcast stirred up a hubbub when scores of affiliates questioned whether the movie's profanity and violence would lead to FCC fines. No matter that the FCC had dismissed complaints about it in 2001 and 2002, GMs of 66 stations decided they'd ...