(Viacom Head) Karmazin Vows To Fight FCC on Decency Issue

[AmericanErrorist]

Viacom President Mel Karmazin indicated Thursday that the company intends to battle the FCC if the commissioners continue to become more assertive in restricting "indecent" language on the airwaves. Viacom syndicates the Howard Stern radio program, and its television network, CBS, broadcast the infamous Janet Jackson breast-baring incident. "We are concerned any time the government gets involved in issues like speech," Karmazin said in a conference call with investors. "It is a very slippery slope for them to try to use their position to influence the kinds of programs Americans get to hear." Some analysts have indicated that Viacom could be fined millions of dollars for numerous incidents of indecent language broadcast during the Howard Stern radio program. But Karmazin indicated that the company will fight any such fines. "We are aggressively going to take the FCC to court if the opportunity presents itself," Karmazin said.

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[GCP]

1. Good for Mel

He's always supported Stern. It looks like it's a battle of the red versus blue media now (no pun intended).

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. Viacom is the "Blue Media". Karmazin and Sumner Redstone...

who is the CEO of Viacom are Bigtime Democrats!