[Infowarrior] - Oh, puh-lease .... PTC's "bleep" counting

[Richard Forno]

PTC: bleeped broadcast expletives on the rise

By Matthew Lasar | Last updated about an hour ago
       
The Parents Television Council has released a new report claiming that foul talk of every shape, size, and odor is all but taking over broadcast television.

"These huge increases in harsh profanity should come as no surprise, given the Second Circuit Court's ruling last July—a ruling which overturned the FCC's authority to sanction broadcasters who air profanity on the airwaves the American people own!," the PTC declared in its press release accompanying the study.

It's difficult to understand how that could be the sole reason for the alleged jump, since the survey compares the present to 2005—estimating that between that year and this dirty language on over-the-air TV has increased by 69.3 percent.

We've been posting stories on the PTC's own troubles over the past few weeks, including claims that the organization is "beyond repair"—taking donor money but not following through on petition campaigns, among other charges. Some Ars readers have expressed hope that these allegations will lead to the group's downfall. 

As for us, we want the PTC to stick around. Why? Because what other organization would put out a chart like this.

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http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2010/11/ptc-broadcast-profanity-on-tv-out-of-control.ars