NBC spews toilet vulgarity over breakfast

Story by AFA Journal Staff. Sources cited for News of Interest indicate source of basic information only. Nov-Dec 2008

  September 11 at approximately 7:37 a.m. (ET), Today show guest Hans Lange emphatically said “Holy s--t” in an interview with host Matt Lauer. Instead of apologizing to the audience, Lauer and the NBC crew broke out in laughter.
  The networks often use a five-second delay in live broadcasts so they can bleep out such offensive language. But NBC chose not to do so in this instance, thus allowing the vulgar language to be used while millions were watching the Today show over breakfast.
  “The incident was a clear violation of broadcast decency laws,” said Don Wildmon, chairman of AFA. “Keep in mind that NBC thinks it owns the public airwaves and doesn’t have a responsibility to control profanity and obscenity on live broadcasts.”
  In reality, the airwaves are, by law, owned by the public. Still, in an effort to loosen current legal restraints on television content, the networks have sued the Federal Communications Commission, (FCC), which regulates broadcast television.
  “This is just one more indication that the networks have no respect for children and families,” Wildmon said. The incident occurred only in the Eastern Time zone, and Wildmon urged those who live in that zone to file a complaint with the FCC. A form for filing the complaint can be accessed at www.onemillionmoms.com.
  www.onemillionmoms.com, 9/15/08