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WNYW/Ch. 5
WNYW/Ch. 5 anchor Ernie Anastos is caught on live television saying “Keep f—ing that chicken” to weatherman Nick Gregory.
Welcome to prime-bleeping-time.
TV shows can get four-letter filthy after an appeals court ruling Tuesday declared the Federal Communications Commission‘s indecency rule unconstitutional.
The ruling, with provocative implications for evening TV, prompted cheers and jeers – and means the F-word might soon air on a network near you.
“The court says that dropping the F-bomb on prime time TV in front of kids is okay,” said Dan Isepp of the Parents Television Council. “The door has been kicked down.”
The group sided with the FCC and against six television stations, including FOX, ABC and CBS.
“I am shocked by such an anti-family decision,” said FCC Commissioner Michael Copps. “This decision gives them the unfettered ability to air whatever content they want.”
Nothing would change for at least 45 days as the FCC decides whether to appeal and – if the Supreme Court takes it up – until the case is ultimately decided.
The ruling only applies to broadcast TV in prime time and not to cable television.
If it stands, the decision would end the policy of fining broadcasters for foul language put in place after Bono used the F-word on the January 2003 NBC broadcast of the Golden Globes Awards.
“The FCC’s indecency policy is unconstitutional because it is impermissibly vague,” the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a 32-page decision.
The ruling touched on everything from George Carlin‘s famous “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” to foul words by Nicole Richie on a Billboard Music Awards show – one of several cases that led to the decision. The decision was filled with words routinely bleeped out on television, from bulls— to d—head.
sshifrel@nydailynews.com
An “anti-family” decision? Let’s try for a “pro-parenting” and an “anti-television-as-babysitter” decision.
I want to know the content of the program and then let me choose whether my children watch it. If a program is supposed to be safe for kids and they drop an F-bomb, then I want heads to roll. Otherwise, the government needs to stay out of it.
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Remember John Fitzgerald Page? He’s the “actor/model” who is the undisputed Worst Person in the World thanks to his dickish online dating habits and terrible website. Now he’s attempting to extort a 19 year-old girl.
In addition to being a Mensa member, John Fitzgerald Page is also the CEO of the talent agency Modern Models, Inc. in Atlanta (“We are striving for classy, not ‘edgy’!” Also, we prefer ONE of four hair colors – blonde, brown, black or red.”) Except, according to one of his clients, it’s a scam. What his agency does, it appears, is simply copy publicly listed casting calls and paste them into emails which he sends out to his clients—mostly young girls. Then he charges his “clients” a large commission for hooking them up with the role.
A 19-year-old girl realized what was going on and sent a “reply all” message to one of his all-client emails last week, telling them they would be better off just cutting out Page and auditioning for these roles themselves. Shortly after the girl—who I will call “Rebecca”—and her friend received a sprawling email from Page. Subject: “Your options: APOLOGIZE/SETTLE/GET SUED”
He tells the girls “I am going to educate you to a bit and then give you your options.”
Before EITHER of you were born, I was auditioning for movies with Nick Nolte, commercials for Domino’s pizza and walking the runway with Gingiss formalwear. I went on to an Ivy League university and took classes at the best business school in the country, Wharton. The education I paid for myself is worh $200,000 in today’s dollars. I am also a Mensa member, which means your I.Q. must be in the top 2% in the country.
In 2003, I started back in the Hollywood game, casting a little show called Joe Millionaire 2. Since then, I have built up 56 IMDb.com credits in casting/acting, a pretty hefty amount in a non major acting market.
After running down his many “accomplishments” he promises that “I can burn you both with every other legit agency in town with an email.” He tells the girls that, “High school is over, ladies. You cannot defame, slander and libel someone and his legit business and get away with it…” And gives the ladies three options:
1) APOLOGIZE. I need a full, heartfelt, detailed apology, which I will send to all affected talent. You had nothing to lose by working with me, and everything to gain. If I made you $100 this year, you were up $100!
OR
2) Pay me $1000 settlement EACH by Sunday at midnight. This is to make up for commissions lost today and in the future, by you actively revealing my business sources to my talent. And your attempt to damage my reputation, question my intelligence and reduce my talent pool. Also, my name or my business name is never to cross your lips again.
OR
3) On Monday, I will begin the legal process to sue you both for the sum of $100,000 for defamation of character, libel, slander, current and future loss of income & talent pool. I will probably win an out of court settlement from you for $10K each pretty easily, based on the emails you each wrote that I have forwarded to my counsel.
This guy is so awesome, he should require us to pay a fee just to experience his awesomeness! Like an amusement park.
Oh, and he reminds me of Bruce from GTA:IV.
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