Did Cartman say what I thought he said?

[SmackFu]

The key word on all those FCC pages is “broadcast”. Cable isn’t broadcast.

Here’s a cite from a decidedly biased source, Morality in Media:

Federal law does not prohibit indecent material on cable or satellite TV.

Swearing is squarely in the “indecent material” camp. The FCC can block obscene material though, so I wasn’t correct when I said “there are no restrictions”. OTOH obscene material is essentially limited to hard-core porn, so you could show almost anything from HBO on basic cable without getting the FCC involved. They don’t because of the advertisers.

[Kamandi]

*Originally posted by SmackFu *
The key word on all those FCC pages is “broadcast”. Cable isn’t broadcast.

Indeed cable is not broadcast, but the FCC says it controls both broadcast and cable:

The Media Bureau develops, recommends and administers the policy and licensing programs relating to electronic media, including cable television, broadcast television, and radio in the United States and its territories.

Is this somehow unclear?