FCC Swamped With Oprah Indecency Complaints - GoFuckYourself.com

Rictor · 05-04-2004, 05:10 PM

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0504044oprah1.html

FCC Swamped With Oprah Indecency Complaints

Stern, Kimmel fans attack Winfrey teen sex show
MAY 4--In the wake of an Oprah Winfrey show that included explicit talk about teen sexuality (and addressed topics such as rainbows and getting one's salad tossed), the Federal Communications Commission received more than 1600 letters complaining about the racy March 18 broadcast and demanding that the talk show host be cited for indecency. And since most FCC correspondents were prodded to hahahahaha by the agency's Public Enemy Number One, Howard Stern, and ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel, the Oprah complaints are particularly entertaining and vituperative in their decrying of a double standard employed by the fine-happy FCC brass. Below you'll find a sampling of the Oprah complaints, a small chunk of the stack we received via a Freedom of Information Act request. Since the commission redacts the names of letter hahahahahars, there is no way to actually confirm the true identity of letter hahahahahars like the "parent" who, having returned home from "Bible day camp" with their three-year-old twins, had to endure Oprah's "disgusting rhetoric." Or the "teacher" who worried about his third grade students "viewing these vulgar conversations about sex." Despite the complaints, it is unlikely that stations broadcasting Winfrey's March show--which originally aired, to little apparent notice, in October 2003--will be sanctioned. (14 pages)

Rictor · 05-04-2004, 05:12 PM

Read some of the letters on the site. Funny stuff. Citizens against Unclean Network Trash.

crockett · 05-04-2004, 05:21 PM

lol that's some fucked up shit... I bet she dosn't get any fines , fucking nazi FCC

StuartD · 05-04-2004, 05:33 PM

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Originally posted by Rictor
Citizens against Unclean Network Trash.

Makes for a great acronym

WebTitan · 05-04-2004, 05:36 PM

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Originally posted by crockett
lol that's some fucked up shit... I bet she dosn't get any fines , fucking nazi FCC

apparently it is not WHAT is said, but who says it

Scootermuze · 05-04-2004, 05:38 PM

....... their three-year-old twins, had to endure Oprah's "disgusting rhetoric." ....

I always have a knife to my back when I'm forced to watch Oprah.. and my kids loved watching Oprah when they were 3 years old..

Gotta love folk with no life..

C_U_Next_Tuesday · 05-04-2004, 05:41 PM

she probably never knew what a tossed salad was till she watched oprah.. just tell the 3 years olds its a bowl of lettuce with mixed vegetables..

Does she truly think we believe she explained that to 3 year olds.. NOT!...what a busy body miss church goer

StuartD · 05-04-2004, 05:42 PM

"The Oprah show described with graphic detail a sexual term known as "tossing salad." It was so offensive that my child's head literally exploded. Please ban free speech so this never happens again."

I love that

TheEnforcer · 05-04-2004, 05:43 PM

Hahahahah!! That's just too damn funny!!

swami · 05-04-2004, 05:47 PM

Too funny.

basschick · 05-04-2004, 05:48 PM

i don't think the fcc is the problem in this instance - i think the people who feel who wrote those letters are - and have - the problem.

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Originally posted by crockett
lol that's some fucked up shit... I bet she dosn't get any fines , fucking nazi FCC

Halcyon · 05-04-2004, 05:49 PM

Well, well, well...the slippery slope kicks in.

JDog · 05-04-2004, 05:55 PM

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Originally posted by MaskedMan
"The Oprah show described with graphic detail a sexual term known as "tossing salad." It was so offensive that my child's head literally exploded. Please ban free speech so this never happens again."

I love that

Ok, fine oprah, but don't fucking ban freedom of speech! Some people are just stupid! But that letter was funny!

jDoG

Rictor · 05-04-2004, 05:57 PM

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Originally posted by Scootermuze
....... their three-year-old twins, had to endure Oprah's "disgusting rhetoric." ....

I always have a knife to my back when I'm forced to watch Oprah.. and my kids loved watching Oprah when they were 3 years old..

Gotta love folk with no life..

Umm...the person who wrote the letter probably doesn't have any kids. Perhaps you missed the sarcasm?

05-04-2004, 05:10 PM	#1
Rictor Old Timer Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 12,208	FCC Swamped With Oprah Indecency Complaints http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0504044oprah1.html FCC Swamped With Oprah Indecency Complaints Stern, Kimmel fans attack Winfrey teen sex show MAY 4--In the wake of an Oprah Winfrey show that included explicit talk about teen sexuality (and addressed topics such as rainbows and getting one's salad tossed), the Federal Communications Commission received more than 1600 letters complaining about the racy March 18 broadcast and demanding that the talk show host be cited for indecency. And since most FCC correspondents were prodded to hahahahaha by the agency's Public Enemy Number One, Howard Stern, and ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel, the Oprah complaints are particularly entertaining and vituperative in their decrying of a double standard employed by the fine-happy FCC brass. Below you'll find a sampling of the Oprah complaints, a small chunk of the stack we received via a Freedom of Information Act request. Since the commission redacts the names of letter hahahahahars, there is no way to actually confirm the true identity of letter hahahahahars like the "parent" who, having returned home from "Bible day camp" with their three-year-old twins, had to endure Oprah's "disgusting rhetoric." Or the "teacher" who worried about his third grade students "viewing these vulgar conversations about sex." Despite the complaints, it is unlikely that stations broadcasting Winfrey's March show--which originally aired, to little apparent notice, in October 2003--will be sanctioned. (14 pages)

05-04-2004, 05:21 PM	#3
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05-04-2004, 05:12 PM	#2
Rictor Old Timer Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 12,208	Read some of the letters on the site. Funny stuff. Citizens against Unclean Network Trash.

05-04-2004, 05:38 PM	#6
Scootermuze Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 4,513	....... their three-year-old twins, had to endure Oprah's "disgusting rhetoric." .... I always have a knife to my back when I'm forced to watch Oprah.. and my kids loved watching Oprah when they were 3 years old.. Gotta love folk with no life..

05-04-2004, 05:41 PM	#7
C_U_Next_Tuesday WW4L Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: over the river and through the woods Posts: 10,581	she probably never knew what a tossed salad was till she watched oprah.. just tell the 3 years olds its a bowl of lettuce with mixed vegetables.. Does she truly think we believe she explained that to 3 year olds.. NOT!...what a busy body miss church goer

05-04-2004, 05:47 PM	#10
swami Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: vanuatu Posts: 1,989	Too funny.