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Start Press: Herding Scapegoats

Once upon a time, rock ’n’ roll was controversial. To concerned parents and clergy, Elvis Presley’s dance moves on late-night television prefigured some hip-swiveling apocalypse that would bump traditional moral values right off the planet's outer rim. In 1985 there were even Senate hearings (Senate hearings!) in which Frank Zappa, John Denver and Dee Snider of Twisted Sister were forced to answer for rock’s moral transgressions before Tipper Gore and her colleagues in the Parents Music Resource Center....  read more

Supreme Court Upholds FCC Fines for "Fleeting Expletitives" on Networks

The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in favor of FCC fines levied at networks over so-called "fleeting expletitives," in particular banned words used by Cher and Nicole Richie at awards telecasts on Fox. ...  read more