What "bad" words can you say vs not say on TV? I can't find an official FCC link?

I can't find an official FCC link Asked by JulieJulie1000 20 months ago Similar questions: words TV find official FCC link Entertainment > Television.

Similar questions: words TV find official FCC link.

There isn't a link Each offense is taken in "context" and decided on individually. Most networks won't take the chance of using the "dirty seven" because the fines are pretty stiff for it should the FCC call it obscene. In 1974, the U.S.Supreme Court agreed with the FCC's indecency judgment on Carlin's comedy monologue about seven words you can never say on TV (which he said repeatedly in a radio broadcast of the piece).

These days, U2 frontman Bono can say the F-word during the 2003 Golden Globe Awards broadcast, and the FCC rules it as not obscene. It appears that the FCC doesn't have a list of banned words, and context is everything. Words can be objectionable depending on how they're used and intended.

Bono's exclamation used the F-word as an adjective to describe his excitement. The FCC found his use to be "fleeting and isolated. " The FCC prohibits uses of the F-word and similar words "to describe or depict sexual and excretory organs and activities."

Carlin's act was an examination of dirty words and their meaning and uses, more than an attempt to show crude actions. But the comedian's constant repetition of these words contributed to the performance's "indecent" label. The original broadcast was at 2 p.m.

, when children could have been listening, and that was part of the case against the radio station. The FCC's responsibility is to enforce federal obscenity laws. Even these laws don't define obscenity with a list of words or uses.

Instead, material must meet three requirements to be considered obscene: Applying community standards, an average person must find that the material appeals to the prurient interest. The material shows or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by law. The material, as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

The FCC's Enforcement Bureau notes that material considered merely indecent (but not obscene) may be broadcast between 10 p.m. And 6 a.m. The intent is to keep children from such material.

And these laws don't apply to obscenity or indecency on cable-only channels -- thus explaining the language on Sex in the City and The Sopranos.

1 The official FCC website is FCC.gov . I couldn't find an actual list of "banned words" (typical government website, lol! ) But I can tell you for sure that you can't say the f-word at any time, period, at least as far as broadcast networks are concerned.

Some other words are OK on late-night, but not during time that kids might be likely to be watching. Now on cable, like Showtime and HBO, anything goes...Kat .

The official FCC website is FCC.gov . I couldn't find an actual list of "banned words" (typical government website, lol! ) But I can tell you for sure that you can't say the f-word at any time, period, at least as far as broadcast networks are concerned.

Some other words are OK on late-night, but not during time that kids might be likely to be watching. Now on cable, like Showtime and HBO, anything goes...Kat.

2 Yeah, the FCC is very fishy about what you can and can't say on TV. The FCC will only respond when people complain about something. So, for example, Howard Stern was fined a million dollars for words frequently heard on Oprah when she's talking about sex.

Nobody complained about Oprah, but Howard Stern had Christian groups transcribing his shows so they could file complaints with the FCC, and he got stung. It's part of what drove him from regular radio. But as George Carlin once said, there are 7 words that are verboten.

You can read them here:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_dirty_wordsA..., two of the words have crept into network TV. The other words can be heard on cable TV.

Yeah, the FCC is very fishy about what you can and can't say on TV. The FCC will only respond when people complain about something. So, for example, Howard Stern was fined a million dollars for words frequently heard on Oprah when she's talking about sex.

Nobody complained about Oprah, but Howard Stern had Christian groups transcribing his shows so they could file complaints with the FCC, and he got stung. It's part of what drove him from regular radio. But as George Carlin once said, there are 7 words that are verboten.

You can read them here:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_dirty_wordsA..., two of the words have crept into network TV. The other words can be heard on cable TV.

3 If a sailor says 'em, you can't say 'em on TV. Ask Mr. Krabs and Spongebob. youtube.com/watch?v=A2L7xbCuiM4 .

If a sailor says 'em, you can't say 'em on TV. Ask Mr. Krabs and Spongebob. youtube.com/watch?v=A2L7xbCuiM4.

4 Some cable channels, like Comedy Central, you CAN use the f-word and all the others too, but only on late night programs.

Some cable channels, like Comedy Central, you CAN use the f-word and all the others too, but only on late night programs.

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