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Television censorship is the censorship of television content, either through the excising of certain frames or scenes, or outright banning of televisions in their entirety. Television censorship typically occurs as a result of political or moral objections to a television's content; controversial content subject to censorship include the ...
Censorship came to British America with the Mayflower "when the governor of Plymouth, Massachusetts, William Bradford learned [in 1629] [4] that Thomas Morton of Merrymount, in addition to his other misdeed, had 'composed sundry rhymes and verses, some tending to lasciviousness' the only solution was to send a military expedition to break up Morton's high-living."
Internet censorship in the United States of America is the suppression of information published or viewed on the Internet in the United States.The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects freedom of speech and expression against federal, state, and local government censorship.
Pages in category "Television censorship in the United States" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Pages in category "Censorship of broadcasting in the United States" ... FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. (2012) Federal Communications Commission; FCC v. Fox ...
Seal of Good Practice Seal of Good Practice as it appeared in 1958. The Code of Practices for Television Broadcasters, also known as the Television Code, was a set of ethical standards adopted by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) of the United States for television programming from 1952 to 1983.
Television censorship in the United States (27 P) Pages in category "Censorship in the United States" The following 94 pages are in this category, out of 94 total.
In 1969, the United States courts of appeals, in an opinion written by Warren Burger, directed the FCC to revoke Lamar Broadcasting's license for television station WLBT due to the station's segregationist politics and ongoing censorship of NBC network news coverage of the U.S. civil rights movement. [15]