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Ofcom penalizes BBC for use of profanity
by lefty on Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:50 am
The BBC repeatedly broke broadcasting rules when it showed pop acts like Madonna and Phil Collins swearing at the Live Earth concert in London last year, the British media monitoring agency said Wednesday.
Ofcom said the bad language represented a "serious and repeated" breach of its rules and ordered the BBC to broadcast its findings on its two main channels. The agency said the broadcaster should have used a short delay to allow it to block any swearing during the live show.
The use of bad language at the event was "both likely and foreseeable," Ofcom said.
Dozens of viewers complained after the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium was shown on the BBC last July. Phil Collins swore during a performance of "Invisible Touch" with Genesis, while Madonna swore as she urged the crowd to jump up and down.
Ofcom said it had decided not to fine the BBC because the breaches were not deliberate or reckless.The BBC said: "We note Ofcom's sanctions and will be complying with their request to broadcast the statement of their findings."
Personally I don't mind the use of so called "profanity" if the word is in the dictionary, then as far as i'm concerned its a fair word to use, OK, some people don't know their P's from their Q's but that would be down to the education system. If people swear and the word that they use is out of context "blame the fucking education system"
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Ofcom said the bad language represented a "serious and repeated" breach of its rules and ordered the BBC to broadcast its findings on its two main channels. The agency said the broadcaster should have used a short delay to allow it to block any swearing during the live show.
The use of bad language at the event was "both likely and foreseeable," Ofcom said.
Dozens of viewers complained after the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium was shown on the BBC last July. Phil Collins swore during a performance of "Invisible Touch" with Genesis, while Madonna swore as she urged the crowd to jump up and down.
Ofcom said it had decided not to fine the BBC because the breaches were not deliberate or reckless.The BBC said: "We note Ofcom's sanctions and will be complying with their request to broadcast the statement of their findings."
Personally I don't mind the use of so called "profanity" if the word is in the dictionary, then as far as i'm concerned its a fair word to use, OK, some people don't know their P's from their Q's but that would be down to the education system. If people swear and the word that they use is out of context "blame the fucking education system"
(source)
