Ken Levine: Dropping the F-C-C Bomb

Published: July 30, 2007, 1:53 pm

WARNING: This post contains offensive letters of the alphabet! The FCC is so concerned about protecting the public from indecency that it doles out huge fines for swear words that accidentally go out over the air. And God forbid for one nanosecond America sees Janet Jackson's breast. Our whole nation could collapse. If terrorists really want to bring down this country they should organize suicide streakers. Meanwhile, for a yet-unbuilt low-power digital television station in Wailuka, Maui the FCC recently approved the call letters KUNT. This is not a joke! This is actually true! (I sure hope they don't plan on being an affiliate for the Lifetime Network or Oxygen.) Yes, those call letters were deemed acceptable by the federal decency police. The same station group applied for and received the call letters KWTF for a station in Arizona. Anyone who has ever typed an email knows what WTF means. You're probably thinking it now just reading this post. The President of KM

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