The Decency Crackdown: Year Two

For nearly a year, broadcasters have been wailing about the FCC’s harsh and occasionally confusing crackdown on what it views as indecent content, and many programmers are still not entirely sure of what type of content will or will not pass muster. On the other side of the screen, conservative “family” groups have been considerably emboldened by their successes in the past year, and are becoming more overt than ever in their attempts to make television safe for innocent eyes.