“You can’t have a fake sex orgy on TV” says people who never watched said orgy
So, CBS aired an episde of Without a Trace that had some teens having a sex orgy. Well, not really, but it sorta looked like it was a sex orgy. It was supposeto be a sex orgy to the viewer, but evidently in context it was probably OK. HBO has sex orgies, CBS just uses editing techniques and it looks like a sex orgy. This site has the video.
So, of course, Conservative “family groups” got pissed. Well, sorta. Maybe one or two people in the “family group” taped it and wanted to complain. Now one or two people complaining, that is one thing, but 4,211 people complaining. Wow! The FCC should fine CBS
$3.3 Million Dollars
So CBS is appealing the fine. On what grounds? 100% of the 4211 people filing a complaint either straight up didn’t watch the damn show or the 2 of them that had mentioned anything in the show noted the wrong scene. (Source)
Turns out the Conservative “Family Group” sends out an email formletter, people print it out, put their info on it and mail it to the FCC. The “Family Groups” do everything but pay for postage to the FCC.
But there is another thing, if you complain about a show, the people who are actually making the complaint (the people who spend their days and nights monitoring every station for shit like this) have to be in the market that the show is broadcast to. Evidently CBS lawyers figured out how to do that.
