ABC stations ban &quot;Saving Private Ryan&quot; for fear of indecency fines
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More than 20 ABC television affiliates banned broadcasting the Hollywood war movie &quot;Saving Private Ryan&quot; to mark the Veterans Day Thursday for fear that it could lead to indecency fines.
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The head of the Federal  Communications Commission has recommended it reject indecency  complaints against ABC television stations that recently aired  the film "Saving Private Ryan," an FCC official said on Monday.
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SEATTLE - Dozens of ABC affiliates across the country chose not to air the Academy Award-winning film &quot;Saving Private Ryan&quot; Thursday night fearing backlash from the Federal Communications Commission.
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Sixty-six ABC affiliates, covering nearly one-third of the country, ultimately decided not to air the movie &quot;Saving Private Ryan&quot; on Veterans Day due to skittishness over whether the Federal Communications Commission would deem it indecent.
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LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON  - Fearful of  the FCC crackdown on indecent broadcasts, at least 18 ABC  affiliates plan to pre-empt the network's unedited broadcast of  the film "Saving Private Ryan" at 8 Thursday night.
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A federal appeals court tossed out an indecency ruling against Rupert Murdoch's Fox television network today, sending a stern rebuke to the Federal Communications Commission and groups that seek tighter federal regulation of the airwaves.
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U.S. television broadcasters Fox and  CBS Corp. this week argued that a Federal Communications  Commission crackdown on fleeting TV profanity and nudity was  unconstitutional and a big change in how the agency handled  similar cases.
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Fox Broadcasting Co. and 155 Fox  televisions stations on Friday urged U.S. communications  regulators to rescind their proposed $1.18 million fine for  airing allegedly indecent content on the "Married by America"  show.
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In a sign that the  federal airwaves police may ratchet up their campaign against  racy programming, the FCC on Friday determined that a woman's  naked backside is indecent enough to net ABC a proposed fine of  $1.43 million.
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Nearly 20 ABC affiliates chose to not show the Oscar-winning war picture, &quot;Saving Private Ryan&quot; on Thursday night. Those affiliates were afraid that the Federal Communications Commission would fine stations that showed the movie for indecency.
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Nearly a third of ABC&#39;s TV affiliates, citing concerns over profanity, graphic violence and a government crackdown on indecency, refused to show the network&#39;s Veterans
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The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a $1.4 million fine against 52 ABC Television Network stations over a 2003 broadcast of cop drama NYPD Blue.
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More than 20 US TV stations cancel a screening of Saving Private Ryan over fears they could be fined.
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The management of WNCF-TV, the ABC network affiliate in Montgomery, deserves a crisp salute for not bowing to pressure to pre-empt the movie &quot;Saving Private Ryan&quot; on Veterans Day.
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Ken Burns&#39; documentary  about World War II will come in two flavors, one with curse  words and one without in the hopes that the PBS stations can  avoid government fines for indecency.
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So much for a swinging lifestyle: US regulators have proposed a record fine of nearly $1.2 million against Fox Broadcasting for alleged indecency in an episode of its Married by America reality show.
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Twenty-five television stations affiliated with the ABC network - including our own WPBF Channel 25 in West Palm Beach â-lected not to show the film &quot;Saving Private Ryan&quot; on Thursday, Veterans Day, because of fears that the Federal Communications