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FCC launches investigation into Stephen Colbert's Trump insults (Original Post) L. Coyote May 2017 OP
Surely this is a joke. murielm99 May 2017 #1
not a joke juxtaposed May 2017 #3
His words were bleeped. forgotmylogin May 2017 #27
Oh, and: forgotmylogin May 2017 #28
this should be good juxtaposed May 2017 #2
Could any of DU's legal community weigh in on what might be in violation? MindPilot May 2017 #4
I think holster cock is descriptive of a cock, and cock holster is descriptive of a holder of ones juxtaposed May 2017 #9
lol bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #12
Even if you go dirty as possible... forgotmylogin May 2017 #29
Do you have any other sources? murielm99 May 2017 #5
but they bleeped it...? Qutzupalotl May 2017 #6
Is it on the list of banned words? HoneyBadger May 2017 #7
Result of investigation: Comments found to be TRUE. JoeStuckInOH May 2017 #8
A million dollars wasted again. L. Coyote May 2017 #22
If Limbaugh can lie and distort and say he's an entertainer ... lpbk2713 May 2017 #10
they are not cable juxtaposed May 2017 #11
He's radio,you still answer to the FCC....n/t Bengus81 May 2017 #15
Neither is Colbert--he's on CBS now. MindPilot May 2017 #17
I'm still laughing at the lead-in to that.... MindPilot May 2017 #14
The FCC rules ban obscene, indecent, or profane programming between the hours PA Democrat May 2017 #13
11:30 here too. MindPilot May 2017 #16
On at 10:30 here in the CST.....sorry FCC n/t Bengus81 May 2017 #18
Trumpies either don't know how to tell time (entirely possible) PA Democrat May 2017 #19
How ridiculous! smirkymonkey May 2017 #20
It's ok though for Limbaugh to insinuate that the Pres and First lady had Foster killed..... Bengus81 May 2017 #21
Tin-pot dictator using government to silence critics dalton99a May 2017 #23
I consulted google! WARNING Floyd R. Turbo May 2017 #24
We can save #netneutrality. In fact, we must! L. Coyote May 2017 #25
You have got to be shitting me. GoCubsGo May 2017 #26
If Alex Jones can call Obama a smelly demon from hell... Initech May 2017 #30
Well, the people with a perpetual burr in their pants over "obscenity" will be thrilled, no doubt. Warren DeMontague May 2017 #31
Seriously? For real? BigDemVoter May 2017 #32

forgotmylogin

(7,496 posts)
27. His words were bleeped.
Fri May 5, 2017, 06:28 PM
May 2017

Nothing went out over the air.

Anyone who knows what he said either gleaned it via context and lip-reading and understands what it meant (and is thus adult enough to hear it) or did research on the internet to find out. Nobody who watches Colbert would have been harmed.

It's no worse than anything introduced to the lexicon by the so-called President. (cough)grab'embythepussy(cough).

forgotmylogin

(7,496 posts)
28. Oh, and:
Fri May 5, 2017, 06:33 PM
May 2017

cock
käk
noun
1.
a male bird, especially a rooster.
synonyms: rooster, cockerel, capon
"strutting around like a barnyard cock"



http://www.hensaver.com/Hen-Holster.html

 

MindPilot

(12,693 posts)
4. Could any of DU's legal community weigh in on what might be in violation?
Fri May 5, 2017, 04:53 PM
May 2017

AFAIK, neither "cock" or "holster" (even when used together) are prohibited words, especially at 11:30 pm.

 

juxtaposed

(2,778 posts)
9. I think holster cock is descriptive of a cock, and cock holster is descriptive of a holder of ones
Fri May 5, 2017, 04:57 PM
May 2017

cock.

forgotmylogin

(7,496 posts)
29. Even if you go dirty as possible...
Fri May 5, 2017, 06:37 PM
May 2017

A "cock holster" could be a jockstrap. It could be your underwear.

AFAIR, I was taught what a jockstrap was and coerced to employ one in junior high school at age 13.

Ooh, Colbert called 45 a jockstrap, sick burn!

lpbk2713

(42,696 posts)
10. If Limbaugh can lie and distort and say he's an entertainer ...
Fri May 5, 2017, 04:57 PM
May 2017



then Colbert can crack a few jokes on a late night talk show.

 

MindPilot

(12,693 posts)
14. I'm still laughing at the lead-in to that....
Fri May 5, 2017, 05:03 PM
May 2017

"You talk like a sign-language gorilla that got hit in the head."

But yeah, there's a real double standard in play here.

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)
13. The FCC rules ban obscene, indecent, or profane programming between the hours
Fri May 5, 2017, 05:03 PM
May 2017

of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. The Late Show airs at 11:30 p.m. on the east coast. Does it air earlier on the west coast? I don't see how this sticks otherwise.

https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/guides/obscenity-indecency-profanity-faq

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)
19. Trumpies either don't know how to tell time (entirely possible)
Fri May 5, 2017, 05:08 PM
May 2017

or they failed to read the FCC rules (also possible).

Bengus81

(6,907 posts)
21. It's ok though for Limbaugh to insinuate that the Pres and First lady had Foster killed.....
Fri May 5, 2017, 05:09 PM
May 2017

on this show during the middle of the day.

GoCubsGo

(32,061 posts)
26. You have got to be shitting me.
Fri May 5, 2017, 05:29 PM
May 2017

How about they investigate Comrade Trump's "I like to grab them by the pussy!" comments first.

Initech

(99,915 posts)
30. If Alex Jones can call Obama a smelly demon from hell...
Fri May 5, 2017, 06:38 PM
May 2017

Fuck you, republicans. Let us have Colbert. We got nothing else right now.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
31. Well, the people with a perpetual burr in their pants over "obscenity" will be thrilled, no doubt.
Fri May 5, 2017, 06:40 PM
May 2017

Orrin Hatch was positively pleading with Jeff Sessions to save the US from internet porn, but Sessions probably needs to deal with the marijuana use "crisis" first.

BigDemVoter

(4,149 posts)
32. Seriously? For real?
Fri May 5, 2017, 06:47 PM
May 2017

I'm not writing this to be obscene--seriously. . .

But the President talks about PUSSY. . . . His wife, the First Lady, shows HERS. . . . . . And they're going after Stephen Colbert?

Jesus Christ. . . .

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