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White meat, please
Christian Century, Oct 4, 2005
WHITE MEAT, PLEASE: The U.S. House has passed and the Senate is considering the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act, which makes broadcasters liable for a fine of up to $500,000 for disseminating obscene or indecent material. To a major network this is mere petty cash, says Garrison Keillor, but it puts the fear of government into the hearts and minds of small outlets, like the station in Kentucky that canceled one of Keillor's shows because he read a poem that contained the word breast.
Though there is nothing obscene about this poem, Keillor sympathizes with the small-time operator who did not want to take a risk. But if you can't use this word, wonders Keillor, how do people in Kentucky--of all places--order chicken? (Tribune Media Services, September 14).
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