The TV networks are challenging recent Federal Communications Commission rulings regarding indecency.
Late last week the four major broadcast networks along with TV station group Hearst-Argyle (HTV Quote) filed lawsuits aimed at challenging last month's rulings. The FCC can fine TV station license holders and potentially withhold the permits when they come up for renewal.
"We strongly believe that the FCC rulings issued on March 15 that we are appealing today are unconstitutional and inconsistent with two decades of previous FCC decisions," the plaintiffs said. "In filing these court appeals we are seeking to overturn the FCC decisions that the broadcast of fleeting, isolated -- and in some cases unintentional -- words rendered these programs indecent." ...
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