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The Supreme Court ruled in Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations that the FCC could fine broadcasters who allowed even fleeting expletives to be aired.(THE WEEK)(Brief article)

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The Supreme Court ruled in Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations that the FCC could fine broadcasters who allowed even fleeting expletives to be aired. The case examined only the mechanics of the original ruling; the constitutionality of the ban looks likely to come up soon. One small sociological point merits attention. Justice John Paul Stevens, dissenting, argued that not every use of a four-letter word suggests sex or excrement. The decay of epithets into mere intensifiers is a familiar linguistic ...

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