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the supreme court last ruled on this issue in 1978 with comedian george carlin's seven little words. >> what were they again? >> i tell you later. >> there could be major changes in safety rules despite an accident in reno. its pilot and 10 spectators died when a plane crashed into the stands. the faa says they are reviewing federal safety regulations and there were eight ayrshire accidents last year. >> a new fare hike proposal from metro's a lot of writers angry and upset. they want to increase bus and train fares by 5%. the maximum peak fare will rise from $5 to $5.75. piper pier cards will cost $6 one-way. they will help offset a $116 million shortfall. >> in a report shows that employers are stepping up hiring of employees. more than 4 million jobs were killed in november. the bad news, their advertising you were jobs for the second straight month. the job market has strengthened, but employers remain cautious. >> coming up next at 6:00, the latest problems at the occupy d.c. camps. an overrun of rodents, the health concerns. >> wet weather on the way for wednesday. doug has a l

. >>> you want to see me do my impression of george carlin and his seven dirty words routine, that's not going to happen. this is cable tv and i want to be able to work here. but should i be able to say those words on camera without the feds coming down on me and the whole station. that is the issue now before the supreme court. today they heard arguments for and against letting the government continue to police the broadcast airways that are owned by the public. at a time when anything goes on cable. >> time has come to treat broadcast tv on an equal sorting with all of the media. >> is that type of activity going to be the norm in every living room in the country when we know millions of kids are watching. >> we're going to get a decision from the court probably sometime this summer. >>> is it possible to at least put the brakes on the air show catastrophes. planes plummeting to the ground killing not just the pilots but spectators as well like this accident last year in nevada. 11 people died. today the safety board heard from people that run the air shows, and they're looking for

they began to crack down on indecency after george carlin's rant on the seven words you can't say. the government says the rules are justified because broadcast television reaches so many homes and is easily accessed by children. >> they can dump whatever they want into the homes of families. i don't think that's what people want. >> reporter: but with the explosion of new channels, including cable and the internet, the networks, including nbc, say it no locker make s makes any sense of broadcasters when viewers treat it all the same. >> for anybody under the age of 30 don't know any difference. 97% of people have access to either satellite or cable television from where they're hitting, it's just a number. >> reporter: and some on the court today seemed to agree. justice ginsberg said the sec is i -- fcc is inconsistent. but justice roberts and scalia says the public needs a few channels kept free from indecen indecency. the court appears likely to allow the government to continue to monitor the network bs, but y be less clear about what's out of bounds. >>> nicotine gum and nicot

the fcc began policing indecency after a radio broadcast of comedian george carlin's seven-minute rift about the seven words you can't say on air. >> wouldn't you think they would tell you what it is if they don't want you to say it on air? >> reporter: the government says the rules are justified because broadcast television reaches so many homes and is easily available to children. >> if fcc regulations are struck down, then network television can dump whatever they want into er the homes of american families and i don't think that's what people want. >> reporter: but with the explosion of new channels, including cable and the internet, the networks, including nbc, say it no longer makes any sense of broadcasters when viewers treat it all the same. >> for anybody under the age of 30, they don't know the difference between over-the-air broadcast and cable tv because 97 of people have access to either satellite or cable television. from where they're hitting, it's just a number. >> reporter: and some on the court today seemed to agree. justice ginsberg said the fcc is inconsistent, barr

seventy eight prevented radio and television stations from using the words were made famous during george carlin's seven dirty words segment in their broadcasts. thank. you both. that was my original list i knew it wasn't complete but it was a starter's you know. now those words set the standard for what can and cannot be played over the airwaves however in two thousand and four the f.c.c. further restricted broadcasters from expletives and what they define as indecency i decided that networks could be fined for breaking the rules just once and so that's why this entire supreme court argument comes into play cases of from all the major t.v. t.v. networks like a.b.c. n.b.c. c.b.s. and fox we're taking a lower appeals courts for incidents like these. have you ever tried to get out of her not. really. brains. art so the argument is that statements like that should be allowed to air because the rules regarding and should be excuse me are you against the whole thing they should be allowed to air because the rules regarding indecency are overly vague and totally confusing a lawyers the broadcast network

the founder of why don't wake news dot com charlie mcgrath hey there charlie i always think of george carlin and his you know skit about the american dream he said it's the american dream because you've got to be asleep to believe it and what do you think about these pew research numbers sixty six percent of people in america believe that there is a class conflict or a conflict between it's because there most certainly is one you know and fortunately with the tea party movement as well as the occupy movement and unfortunately because of the situation on the ground and with the economy of this country more people waking up to it that pew research poll what i found most interesting about it is fifty five percent of people who call themselves republicans believe in this inequality gap and this is been you know this is been the time for the g.o.p. to come out and start talking downplaying this class warfare or or start talking down going after corporations and pay their fair share but when fifty five percent of republicans more than half of republicans surveyed say there's a disparity you can be

there are bot programs that are looking for the most obvious stuff, george carlin's seven dirty words are on a blacklist. >> you cannot read that in an article? >> certain articles, some of the words have their own wikipedia article. the word to do show up there. it matters about the context. wikipedia does not belong in an article about the oakland a's. somebody who is a fan of another team may go in there and say they suck or worse. overt vandalism is caught quickly in most cases. with mr. seigenthaler, an algorithm was not going to find that. you have to have a human reading that with comprehension and knowledge that it was not true. unfortunately, it is a process to be changed. there are a hoax pages. i have caught and reported them myself. they have happened. wikipedia is aware of them. >> where did you grow up? >> portland, oregon. i went to school in eugene. i lived in washington the last two years. i got interested in political journalism while i was in college. i edited a libertarian campus magazine that was part humor, part news. it focused on politics. after that, i had fri

. >>> remember the seven dirty worlds you can't say on television, that routine by george carlin? of course we can't recreate that on broadcast tv without getting negative attention from the federal regulators but now you can hear most of those words on cable. the supreme court is getting involved in the issue. the juldzs heard -- the justices heard arguments on whether or not the government should continue policing the broadcast airways owned by the public. >> time has come to treat broadcast tv on an equal footing with all of the rest of the media. >> it's that -- is that type of media going to be norm when we know millions of kids are watching. >> the court is expected to return its decision coming up this summer. >>> hollywood royalty stopped in washington last night. angelina jolie attended a special showing of the first movie she's ever written and directed. >> reporter: more than 30 million people have walked through the doors of the holocaust museum since it opened but few have received the attention as last night. angelina jolie and husband brad pitt came to a special scr

that broadcast medium is no longer, as the supreme court found in 1978 in the case involving george carlin's filthy words, that the broadcast medium could be regulated for indecency because it was so pervasive for all americans and so uniquely accessible to children. so the broadcast medium here is telling the court this is out of date. there's cable. there's satellite. the chief justice.... >> brown: an explosion of media which is why we have to limit this and make clear it's just about broadcast. >> right. chief justice roberts said in a way that cuts against the broadcast medium's arguments because if this is so pervasive, there's so much more now, then maybe we need a few channels that provide a safe haven. the justices also went into questions about v-chip technology. justice kennedy said, "well, what about v-chip?" >> brown: that allows parents to.... >> parents to block. mr. verilli for the fcc said it's inadequate technology. it won't help you on live television. also justice kennedy raised the question of whether, you know, there's a symbolic value to american society to have a segm

and george carlin had it write -- the american dream, you have to be asleep to believe it.read more, go to my blog or through our post on "the situation room's" facebook page. wolf? >>> all right. jack, thanks very very much. >>> happening now, a daring secret u.s. military mission frees two hostages seized in somalia months ago. we'll take you to the college town of the american woman who was saved, where family and friends are overwhelmed with gratitude. >>> plus bipartisanship at its very best, as both parties unite to bid the wounded gabby giffords a roaring farewell. >>> google may soon be tracking your every move. details on a controversial new policy which could have some thinking twice before going online. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news, accomplice cat headlines and jeanne moos all straight ahead. i'm wolf blitzer on the campus of the university of north florida in jacksonville, and you're in "the situation room." >>> first a harrowing operation that rescued two aid workers, highly reminiscened of the mission

. >> reporter: they started regulating broadcasters in response to a george carlin's rant. >> ted rowlandslive from chicago now. ted, what do we expect to happen today? >> well in a half-hour, the justices will hear arguments on both sides. they'll hear the arguments today. >> all right, ted rowlands, thank you so much. >>> for years, doctors have warned against the dangers of nicotine. but new studies suggest that it may have health benefits. >>> checking stories across country. a high senior in colorado defends these photos after herself artistic. sydney spies submitted two photos that school administrators said were too racy for the year book. >>> fayetteville, arkansas woman said that she was forced to rob a bank with a bomb strapped to her ankle. the woman told police that a man broke into her home, tied her husband up and followed her to a bank. >>> a troop won't be selling girl scout. she's boycotting the fund-raiser after four state camps were put up for sale. >>> could nicotine actually have a health benefit. preliminary researched published in tit improves memory. scientists beli

>> reporter: the fcc started regulating broadcasters in response to a george carlin radio rant that carlinart of his stage show. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> the court has heard this issue before. in 2009, they rendered a 5-4 decision which uphe would the f penalty on that cher f-bomb. that case, however, was decided on administrative law. this time around, the court is looking at the core issue of censorship. a decision is expected some time this summer. ted rowlands, cnn, chicago. >> all right. cnn news rom continues in a moment with randi kaye. i am so glad to get rid of it. just to be able to wake up in the morning on your own. that's a big accomplishment to me. i don't know how much money i need. but i know that whatever i have that's what i'm going to live within. ♪ ♪

back in the 1970s george carlin told us there were seven words you could not use on television.ws to sit comes. what are the new rules of cursing? >> because you [ bleep ] to mexico [ bleep ]. >> you had to -- >> when you turn on the tv these days don't be surprised to hear this. >> i don't give a [ bleep ]. >> reporter: or this. last week at the golden globes even meryl streep let one sleep. [ bleep ]. >> oh, my glasses! i'm going to have to remember my speech. i can't believe i said [ bleep ] on tv. >> reporter: it's not just tv. one of the hottest songs of 2011. ♪ [ bleep ] you >> reporter: people are watching what's in a viral video whose title we can't say. >> shut up! >> the language is more explicit than it's been since the '60s. we have a more casual lifestyle than we have had. i think the language use reflects it. >> [ bleep ] nothing. >> look here. i don't like that kind of talk. >> reporter: we may not like it but language once reserved for cable shows like "the sopranos" has gone primetime. in fact, the major networks including nbc have taken the issue to the supreme

a lot of this comes from a 1978 supreme court case involving a radiobroadcast of a skit by george carlin, the seven dirty words you cannot say on tv, and the point of the skit is that he said these words over and over part of the authority comes from the case on that skit, that broadcasters have fewer first amendment rights than newspapers or magazines, because they are using a public resource for free. because of that, they have more obligations and fewer, or limited, first amendment rights. the fcc enforcement came about because of that case, and as people have complained, the agency said this might be ok, that might be ok. part of the problem broadcasters are facing is that fcc uses a lot of context on this. in this context, it may be saying f-bomb is ok, in this context is not trade the janet jackson thing was really interesting, and that is what spurred a lot of these issues, because a lot of people were offended by what happened at the super bowl halftime show with janet jackson at the end of the song, when it justin timberlake ripped away part of her costume and there were nudity

there was a case involving a rebroadcast of a skit by george carlin known as the seven dead you cannotds say. in fact, there is -- broadcasters have fewer first amendment rights that newspapers or magazines because they are using a public resource. limited first amendment rights and restrictions on that. the fcc enforcement came about because of that case. as people have complained, the agency has said this might be ok. the fcc uses a lot context. so broadcasters have no idea what is going on. i think the janet jackson thing was interesting. people were very offended by what happened at the super bowl halftime show when janet jackson -- justin timberlake ripped away part of her costume. more than 1 million people complained. host: sam, good morning. caller: i have a couple of comments. back on your first segment about whether the supreme court should be able to tell lies, the biggest percentage said they should. i disagree with that. i think if the onetime thing, that might set a precedent. just like in congress with the tv cameras, i think we should have them. i watched a lot of that. t

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