Resources

Patrick D. Maines, "The ‘Fleeting Expletive’ Follies" [commentary], Multichannel News, June 25, 2007.
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"Comments of The Media Institute to the FCC on its Indecency Policy (Sept. 21, 2006),"
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Patrick D. Maines, "Stand Up for Free Speech" [commentary], Broadcasting & Cable, May 8, 2006.
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Statement of The Media Institute on the Networks’ Lawsuits Against the FCC (April 28, 2006)
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Statement of The Media Institute Regarding Regulation of Broadcast Indecency (December 5, 2005)
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Frank Aherns, "Delays, Low Fines Weaken FCC Attack on Indecency," Washington Post, Nov. 10, 2005.
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Floyd Abrams, "Reflections of a First Amendment Advocate" [issue paper], The Media Institute, Oct. 17, 2005.
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Jonathan Rintels and Philip M. Napoli, "Ownership Concentration and Indecency in Broadcasting: Is There a Link?" [report], Center for Creative Voices in Media, Fordham University, and Free Press, Sept. 8, 2005.
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Bill McConnell, "Target: Pay TV's Wild Side. A government crackdown would include cable and satellite's lucrative porn business" [article], Broadcasting & Cable, March 14, 2005.
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Laurence H. Winer, "The Soul of the Censor: The FCC Attacks Television Violence" [issue paper], The Media Institute, Nov. 30, 2004.
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Harold Furchtgott-Roth, "Archaic Law Hobbles Broadcasters," New York Sun, Oct. 12, 2004.
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Rebecca L. Collins, Marc N. Elliott, Sandra H. Berry, David E. Kanouse, Dale Kunkel, Sarah B. Hunter, and Angela Miu, "Watching Sex on Television Predicts Adolescent Initiation of Sexual Behavior," Pediatrics, Sept. 2004; 114: e280 - 289.
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John Eggerton, "F-Word Not Banned, Says FCC" Broadcasting & Cable, July 7, 2004.
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Drew Clark, "TV Has Grown Up. Shouldn’t FCC Rules?" Washington Post, May 16, 2004, p. B2.
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Tony Mauro, "Stern’s Raunch Is Better Than Silence" [op-ed], USA TODAY, May 12, 2004. Article in Microsoft Word Format
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Bruce W. Sanford and Mark I. Bailen, "How the Government’s Crackdown on Broadcasting Threatens Emma Thompson and All of Us" [issue paper], The Media Institute, April 5, 2004. Text of issue paper Press release about the issue paper
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Statement of The Media Institute Regarding Regulation of Broadcast Indecency (March 10, 2004)
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Testimony of Robert Corn-Revere on FCC Enforcement of the Broadcast Indecency Standard before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, Jan. 28, 2004. [Editor’s Note: This is an encyclopedic overview of the indecency standard - history, application, First Amendment implications, court challenges, etc.]
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Marjorie Heins, Not in Front of the Children: "Indecency," Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth (Hill and Wang, 2001).