9/11

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Correct me if I'm wrong.

I believe Sunday night's broadcast on CBS of _9/11_, the documentary
film shot by two French brothers on that day, marks a milestone of sorts
for the U.S.

Unless I'm mistaken, it would seem to be the first (?) time in US
television history that a prime-time network program (and widely
watched, without a doubt), included notable use of words like "fucking"
and "fucked" and "shit," presented intact and bleepless.

Regardless of context, this would seem to be in direct contravention of
FCC guidelines, no? And yet the enormity of the event around which the
program was constructed, and the fact that those words were primarily
uttered by the heroes - the firefighters of New York City - seems to be
an ironclad guarantee that no one with any sense will rise up to
challenge it. (I could turn out to be wrong on this last point, but
we'll see...)

So, assuming I have my facts straight, where does this leave the FCC on
the matter?

It's rather astounding to contemplate that something of the scale of
9/11 is what it takes to get swear words on TV.

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