{"id":558,"date":"2005-12-09T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-09T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=558"},"modified":"2005-12-09T10:58:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-09T16:58:00","slug":"fcc-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/fcc-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC Petition"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Lockridge sent me a petition to the FCC<\/A> on indecency on television.
\nI asked him if he would sign a similar petition by Howard Stern or someone else if he asked the FCC to ban Christianity from television.
\nHere’s his response and my thoughts. What do you think?<\/p>\n

Good question. I think there is an obligation of broadcasters to use the public airwaves responsibly. I think I still would sign the petition in spite of Stern’s hypothetical petition. Of course, if I perceived a real risk to wholesome endeavors such as proclamation of the Good News, then I would be slower to take such a course.
\nSome would argue that this issue should be left for the “free market” to decide. I agree that many things should best be addressed that way. However, I think the use of public airwaves and the protection of children from their misuse are legitimate FCC concerns — ones that even affect our relationship with the world.
\nA lack of FCC enforcement has led to the envelope being pushed significantly over the past 30 years — and a growing absense of moral content in broadcast media has had a negative affect on public morals.
\nIn the name of free trade, our government promotes our TV shows overseas. This works against us.
\nBecause of the irresponsibility of our media, many in the Muslim world have developed the idea that America is a wicked, immoral place — based on the content of the media that we export. Action films, horror movies, and hollywood dramas paint a pretty sad picture. We have turned much of the world against us by exporting our trash.
\nIt is my contention that our media is the single greatest cause of Muslim animosity against America. We are perceived as a moral risk. After all, a Muslim might reason, “if we are as wicked as our media present us, why shouldn’t we be fought against?” Add a few misbehaving soldiers stationed overseas to the mix and that only reinforces the idea that we are not a moral people.
\nIt has been said that the average Muslim father cares more about the chastity of his daughters than having a democratic form of government. That’s worth thinking about.
\nI say its well past time that we stop exporting our trash and start cleaning up our act.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And my response:<\/p>\n

I understand and tend to agree. I just always worry when we start censoring any type of free speech, because it gives them more ammunition to censor me and my free speech.
\nBut because of limited public air space, I think for the sake of children, guidelines should be given and followed, but who gets to decide the guidelines. At what point do we stop “watching out for children” and pushing our morality on everyone else.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So do you agree or disagree? Let’s see some debate here ;-).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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