The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has just made it nearly impossible for the FCC to restrict any indecency or obscenity over the publicly owned airwaves (even when children are likely to be in the broadcast audience). The Court ruled that the FCC could not fine CBS for the famous Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show. Excerpt of AP report:
But Tim Winter of the watchdog organization Parents Television Council said the court's decision "borders on judicial stupidity."
"If a striptease during the Super Bowl in front of 90 million people — including millions of children — doesn't fit the parameters of broadcast indecency, then what does?" Winter said in a statement.