[Ads-l] The F-icon

[Joel Berson]

When TV stations in the Boston area broadcast the video of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev raising his middle finger to the surveillance camera in his cell, the finger in question was bleeped.  Is it as impermissible to show the f-icon over public airwaves as it is to say the f-word?  How is the relevant FCC regulation worded?

The Internet, of course, is another story.  For example, see the following CNN story:http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/24/us/tsarnaev-trial-middle-finger-13th-juror/
Joel


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