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THE FCC was supposed to be guardian to PUBLIC airwwaves, simply put the government felt if you owned a station that broadcast through airwave frequencies you bought then they had jurisdiction. The networks and channels accepted this, and gave the FCC the right to police them in order to "rent" that particular frequency.
Cable/satellite tv and now radio are able to air what they want (although it's just the premiums that allow nudity). The FCC has no jurisdiction however over ANY CABLE/SATELLITE stations yet and therefore they are able to broadcast whatever they like. This is what is killing regular broadcast and why they feel they have to get racier.
Now were these opening games aired on NBC itself or one of their cable outlets. If it's over the outlets then the FCC cannot legally fine anyone. If it's over the "air" they could but I would find it hard to believe that the FCC will garner enough support to claim that as obscene.
IF I were paranoid and believed in conspiracies..... I would say I find it funny that CBS, ABC and now NBC are all under FCC fire for something, yet Fox probably the lustiest and hottest of all is walking away scott free, with not one word about FCC investigations...... It's nice to support the king.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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