PTC to Call for Formal Complaints Against CBS

By ( Broadcasting & Cable ) published

The Parents Television Council plans to ask its members to
file formal indecency complaints over CBS' airing of fleeting profanities by
Baltimore Ravens players during the post-Super Bowl celebration.

According to a spokesperson, the group plans to create an
online action portion of its site to encourage the complaints. That will allow
it to track how many complaints are filed.

PTC complaints helped prompt the last major FCC indecency
crackdown after the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake Super Bowl halftime reveal
in 2004.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.