WBUR(FM) Boston urged the FCC to adopt an...
WBUR(FM) Boston urged the FCC to adopt an indecency enforcement policy with an “egregious cases” approach. Sometimes WBUR’s service to the community produces potential indecency violations under the FCC’s current “zero tolerance” approach,” it said in comments in docket 13-86…
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(http://bit.ly/12giG2N). The potential for inadvertent indecent language was always present in the live continuous coverage of the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, it said. “It was virtually impossible to report on this unfolding story without the real danger of profanity ending up on our air.” Massive forfeiture amounts and inconsistent application of the current indecency policy by the FCC “have created an atmosphere of uncertainty that requires WBUR to pursue our brand of public service journalism at great risk,” it said. WBUR also said it put its support behind NPR’s recommendation of a news and public affairs programming “safe harbor.”