Wired News: FCC Crackdown Could Spread
With support from both Republicans and Democrats, the Federal Communications Commission is poised to get even more aggressive about enforcing moral values throughout broadcasting, even putting cable television in its cross hairs and taking aim at Howard Stern’s right to talk dirty on satellite radio.
It looks like only the courts will stand in the way of the FCC now. But a funny thing could happen on the way to washing Eric Cartman’s mouth out with soap: Conservative judges might just say no. After all, not too long ago the Supreme Court rejected efforts to censor the internet.
