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INDECENT SHOW CAN BE SEEN ON FOES' WEBSITE Thursday, June 15 2006 Although CBS claimed in an FCC filing this week that complaints about an episode of Without a Trace were invalid because they all came via websites operated by the Parents Television Council and the American Family Association from people who had never seen the show, the scene in question had in fact been posted on the PTC website. In its filing, CBS asked the FCC to rescind its record indecency fine of $3.3 million, maintaining (more) WAL-MART HIT BY BROKEBACK PROTEST Tuesday, April 4 2006 
Wal-Mart
has
turned
aside
a
massive
letter-writing
campaign
by
the
American
Family
Association.
urging
the
retailer
to
refuse
to
stock
Brokeback
Mountain,
being
distributed
by
Universal
Home
Entertainment.
The
group,
which
has
successfully
campaigned
against
what
it
considers
to
be
broadcast
indecency
launched
the
campaign
last
week
after
ads
for
the
film
began
being
displayed
prominently
in
the
retailer's
3,900
stores.
In
an
interview
with
today's
(Tuesday)
Los
Angeles
Times,
the
AFA's
Randy
Sharp,
accused
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The Rev. Donald Wildmon's American Family Association has urged members to protest against CBS's decision to air an updated version of its 9/11 documentary in which firemen and other emergency workers are seen swearing. Although the program had aired previously without challenge from the FCC, the commission has since ruled that similar language used by blues musicians in a PBS documentary was indecent. In its letter the AFA urged members to send complaints to the FCC and their local CBS affiliates. CBS said in a statement: "In order to ensure that viewers are aware of the language, we will include warnings in the broadcast, and Robert De Niro, who will again serve as host in a newly taped introduction to the program, will also alert viewers to the graphic language. This will allow ample notice for viewers to seek other programming if they feel this broadcast is not appropriate for their household."
