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¶ … Insignificance of Profanity on Television
In his New York Times article entitled "More than Ever, You Can Say that on Television" (November 13, 2009), author Edward Wyatt considers the issue of vulgar language in modern media entertainment, in television in particular. According to Wyatt, the frequency of offensive language and imagery on television has continually increased ever since the notorious Supreme Court decision in 1978 involving George Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words" comedy routine. That is mainly because television media producers have been largely self-regulated in that respect ever since a United States District Court in California struck down the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) "family hour" policy in 1976.
The author interviewed a wide variety of sources for the article representing diametrically opposite positions on the issue. According to the view espoused by the conservative groups such as the Parents' Television Council, dirty language on television influences children in ways that are extremely detrimental to them. They argue that television broadcast during the traditional...
Meanwhile, the heads of major media companies and various other media industry figures suggest that television is no longer consumed the way that is used to be within families and no longer plays the same role it may once have in connection with influences on children.
One executive producer of a major network crime drama points out that it no longer makes sense to regulate language on network television to avoid profanity simply because nowadays, children have 'round-the-clock access to other forms of entertainment (such as cable television) where they are exposed to profanity at all times of the day and night and without regulation once parents have made the decision to pay for cable television in the home. Moreover, children now have continuous and largely unrestricted access to entertainment media that is unregulated for language through the online medium, making any highly…
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