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Article: Broadcast profanity case has Supreme Court's ear.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- March 18, 2008
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The Supreme Court will decide whether it is indecent when some foul-mouthed celebrity says the "F-word" on live television, stepping into its first major broadcast indecency case in 30 years.
The high court said Monday it will hear arguments in a case over whether the government can ban "fleeting expletives," one-time uses of familiar but profane words.
The case grew out of a decision by the Federal Communications Commission in 2006 that two broadcasts of the "Billboard Music Awards" show were indecent, ...