Editorial: Indecency and modern media: The Supreme Court should erase the distinction between broadcast television and other outlets.

It's never easy to admit a mistake, but the Supreme Court is being asked today to acknowledge a major blunder it made more than 30 years ago when it gave the green light to the federal government's regulation of "indecency" on broadcast TV.

Today's oral arguments pit the TV networks against the Federal Communications Commission over the government's crackdown on, among other things, expletives spoken by stars on Fox Television's "Billboard Awards" and a shot of a woman's naked buttocks on ABC's "NYPD Blue."

It's time to erase the distinction between broadcasting and other forms of media and trust parents to regulate kids' viewing habits.

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Editorial: Indecency and modern media The Supreme Court should erase the distinction between broadcast television and other outlets.

Editorial: Indecency and modern media
The Supreme Court should erase the distinction between broadcast television and other outlets.