How to file a complaint with the FCC against Fox News XXX

If anybody wants to file a formal complaint against Fox News for their unedited XXX picture, go here.

You can file one electronically with this form or by sending an email here.

Written complaints should be directed to:
Federal Communications Commission Enforcement Bureau
Investigations and Hearings Division
445 12th St., SW, Room 3-B443
Washington, DC 20554

•  Complaint "Template"

  I already filed on. Let's get some more!!

  To Whom It May Concern,

  Recently, the Fox News Channel covered a segment on protecting Children from Pornography.  Apparently, the channel felt that showing a screenshot of a pornography website was an acceptable visual for the segment.  While a woman's breasts are censored, a man's penis penetrating a vagina is not.  This is unacceptable.  I trust the FCC will take appropriate action and fine the FNC as this obscenity, whether intended or accidental, is a violation of federal law.

  Thanks,

  "defyingravity"

  P.S. a screen capture of the inappropriate visual can be viewed on the internet at http://homepage.mac.com/mjsmitho/FoxNewsPornSlip/FoxOpps.html

  Heck, if you want, just copy this, throw in your name, and email it to them!

  by defyingravity on Wed Jun 30, 2004 at 04:31:06 PM PDT

  •  Nice template

    Hopefully enough people will complain.

    by Imp of the Perverse on Wed Jun 30, 2004 at 04:33:05 PM PDT

    •  Wait! Bad template

      See this important comment below by kjfitz.

      If we don't follow the rules, we're just wasting time with self-congratulatory hot air!!!

      by Winger on Wed Jun 30, 2004 at 04:57:33 PM PDT

•  Thanks

  Thanks, I'll do this right away.  After Janet's boob, this could have seriously put me over the edge.  Won't somebody PLEEEEAASE think of the children?

  by tenacity on Wed Jun 30, 2004 at 04:33:31 PM PDT

•  I was under the impression...

  That the FCC has no jurisdiction over cable.

  by furiousxgeorge on Wed Jun 30, 2004 at 04:37:18 PM PDT

  •  It does

    Q: Are there provisions in federal law which penalize the showing of obscene material on cable channels?

    A: Yes. Both 47 U.S.C. §559 and 18 U.S.C. §1468(a) respectively bar the transmission of obscene material over a cable system and the knowing utterance or distribution of obscene matter by means of a cable television system or subscription service.

    by Imp of the Perverse on Wed Jun 30, 2004 at 04:40:09 PM PDT

  •  that's incorrect

    The Supreme Court established the FCC's jurisdiction over cable in United States v Southwestern Cable all the way back in 1968.

    by GoKeever on Wed Jun 30, 2004 at 04:41:08 PM PDT

  •  I think the FCC has no

    right to take away broadcast licenses from cable, since they do not require them, but these statutes appear to allow enforcement of obscenity law...might be another enforcement entity, we should complain to local Attorney General for the appropriate cable systems.  (mine is Eliot Spitzer - Go Get 'em El!)

    by PBJ Diddy on Wed Jun 30, 2004 at 04:53:19 PM PDT

•  Follow the directions

  Note the directions on the FCC web site.  You MUST include the time and date that the violation occured or your complaint won't be valid.

  Information regarding the details of what was actually said (or depicted) during the allegedly indecent, profane or obscene broadcast. There is flexibility on how a complainant may provide this information. The complainant may submit a significant excerpt of the program describing what was actually said (or depicted) or a full or partial recording (e.g., tape) or transcript of the material.

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  The date and time of the broadcast. Under federal law, if the FCC assesses a monetary forfeiture against a broadcast station for violation of a rule, it must specify the date the violation occurred. Accordingly, it is important that complainants provide the date the material in question was broadcast. A broadcaster's right to air indecent or profane speech is protected between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Consequently, the FCC must know the time of day that the material was broadcast.

  The call sign of the station involved
  

  by kjfitz on Wed Jun 30, 2004 at 04:42:38 PM PDT

  •  Great comment

    You have a cool head.  The left wing needs more people like you.  
    
   Impact  =  Passion * Efficiency

    Lots of passion round here,... people like you provide the efficiency.  A rare and valuable characteristic the entire community benefits from.

    by Winger on Wed Jun 30, 2004 at 05:06:52 PM PDT

  •  Very true

    When was the exact time this was on?
    

    by Imp of the Perverse on Wed Jun 30, 2004 at 05:27:52 PM PDT

•  Sent e-mail titled: FoxNews: Porn Peddler

  by John Campanelli on Wed Jun 30, 2004 at 04:43:57 PM PDT

•  What the FCC will say...

  Dear Fox News,

  After investigating numerous complaints, the FCC has determined that Fox News properly concealed the breasts of the woman in question, much like the draped statues at the Department of Justice, but unlike CBS at the Super Bowl.  The other uncovered body parts in question were determined to have educational value in demonstrating to the viewer what hard-core pornography is.  Therefore, the FCC is dropping the matter without imposing any sanction upon Fox News.

  Love,

  Michael Powell

  by CA Pol Junkie on Wed Jun 30, 2004 at 05:00:00 PM PDT

  •  You forgot the closing

    XOXO,
    Michael Powell

    or Gen. J.C. Christian, Patriot
    Heterosexually yours,
    Michael Powell

    by Unstable Isotope on Wed Jun 30, 2004 at 05:39:20 PM PDT

•  I was going for a more...

  outraged housewife tone, a la that idiot in Michigan who turned "Married With Children" into a hit.  To wit:

  Last night Fox News Channel ran a commercial for Neil Cavuto's show, which would be discussing the Supreme Court's ruling on Internet Porn.

  Fox proceeded to show a still photo onscreen of an Internet porn ad.

  While they thoughtfully blurred the naked breasts of the woman, they failed to disguise the ACTUAL PENETRATION OF A PENIS INTO HER VAGINA.

  THIS WAS ON TELEVISION. Not paid cable, but basic cable.

  I am hereby making an official complaint. Here is an url where you can see the INCREDIBLY OFFENSIVE PHOTO shown on FOX NEWS CHANNEL:

  http://homepage.mac.com/mjsmitho/FoxNewsPornSlip/FoxOpps.html

  Sincerely,
  Maryscott O'Connor

  by Maryscott OConnor on Wed Jun 30, 2004 at 05:12:44 PM PDT

  •  You forgot

    the hysterical (no pun intended) crying, a la Heather Wilson.

    by Unstable Isotope on Wed Jun 30, 2004 at 05:40:45 PM PDT

•  Imp of the Perverse

  No thanks.

  I'd rather work to make it okay to show penetration on TV than to try to bust Fox for doing so.

  by Marx Marvelous on Wed Jun 30, 2004 at 06:11:36 PM PDT