More than 70 groups pressed the Senate Commerce...
More than 70 groups pressed the Senate Commerce Committee to question FCC nominee Mike O'Rielly on TV decency enforcement, during his nomination hearing Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in 253 Russell. Morality in Media issued the Tuesday letter (http://bit.ly/14fslp5) in a…
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news release, saying O'Rielly “must not allow nudity and profanity on public airways.” The letter’s signatories include heads of Morality in Media, the Media Research Center, the Parents Television Council, Family Research Council and the Christian Coalition of America. The letter blasted the FCC under former Chairman Julius Genachowski for not bringing any decency enforcement actions. “After two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions,FCC v. Fox , 129 S. Ct. 1800 (200 9) (Fox I) and FCC v. Fox, 132 S. Ct. 2307 (2012) (Fox II) it is clear that the FCC has full authority to enforce the federal decency law,” the groups said. “It is thus now time for the Commission to do its job and ensure the public airwaves are not filled with nudity and profanity, especially during the times of day when children are likely to be in the viewing audience.” The groups ask that Commerce Committee members “obtain O'Rielly’s commitment to vigorously enforce the federal decency law before sending him out of committee,” Morality in Media President Patrick Trueman said in a statement.