Michael Powell to resign?

[Sid Schweiger]

>>> The principle you espouse (known as
> "prior restraint") is something the courts and therefore Congress have
> been historically reluctant to impose.  Powell was probably right not 
> to
> go down that road

We did at one point have the "seven dirty words" though.   Or was that 
just a George Carlin story?<<

That wasn't PRIOR restraint.  The "seven words you can't say on
television" routine was broadcast by WBAI in New York.  The resulting
complaints and FCC ruling were after the fact.

Sid Schweiger
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