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In reply to the discussion: "Honestly didn't know you could put this word on television" [View all]Liberal In Texas
(13,453 posts)34. Cable is no probem
Broadcast not so much. Different rules.
Over the air is not allowed to have "swear" words. Cable is not regulated that way.
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I clearly remember George Carlin not having shithole as one of the banned words
snooper2
Jan 2018
#27
Cable has different rules. The real obscenity is anything that comes out of the mouth
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2018
#8
Jim Acosta just said shithole and my neck snapped back...I just turned on the TV didn't
Kirk Lover
Jan 2018
#11