Indecency complaints 99-44/100ths impure

Link: Broadcasting & Cable: The Business of Television.

Wherein we learn that the huge spike in indecency complaints lodged at the FCC in third quarter 2005 came as a result of one organization: yep, the Parents Television Council. The PTC filed 23,542 of the 23,547 complaints the FCC received in July, mostly against the same two programs, including "The Inside" on Fox. How'd you like to have their Xerox lease contract?

This just goes to show that indecency is a dead letter. No one cares if there's a sodomy reference on Fox. People clearly expect sodomy references on Fox. In fact, I'm guessing they're disappointed if Fox doesn't throw them one every now and then. The only people outraged appear to be the ones who raise money by telling their donors how outraged they are at network television. The donors, I'm guessing, don't watch the shows that PTC complains about.

Fortunately, it appears the mainstream media is getting wise to the group's tactics, as evidenced by the article above. Perhaps if we keep bringing up that lawsuit where PTC had to pay damages to Vince McMahon -- of all people -- for one of Brent Bozell's typically understated pronouncements about TV violence, then more folks will direct their outrage where it's more appropriate: at the Parents Television Council and the government resources it eats up trying to prolong a crusade that is all but over.