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Table 1
Indecency
and other programming complaints since 2002
Source: FCC
"Quarterly Inquiries and Complaint Reports"
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January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
| 2002 |
| "Indecency/Obscenity" |
45 |
36 |
161 |
46 |
47 |
48 |
35 |
30 |
28 |
39 |
41 |
17 |
| "General Criticism" |
9 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
5 |
7 |
34 |
9 |
14 |
| " Religious" |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| "Other programming issues" |
6 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
15 |
15 |
| December 9th, 2002: Cher declares on the Billboard Music Awards that "People have been telling me I'm on the way out every year, right? So fuck 'em." |
| 2003 |
| "Indecency/Obscenity" |
24 |
46 |
54 |
47 |
62 |
242 |
5,552 |
8,876 |
5,492 |
28,206 |
41,075 |
76,987 |
| "General Criticism" |
22 |
23 |
36 |
42 |
19 |
14 |
16 |
17 |
34 |
34 |
19 |
45 |
| "Religious" |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
| "Other programming issues" |
|
7 |
3 |
0 |
41 |
30 |
21 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
| January, 2003: Bono declares that "this is really, really fucking brilliant" during the televised Golden Globe Awards. December 10th, 2003: Nicole Richie says on the Billboard Music Awards that "Have you ever tried to get cow shit out of a Prada purse? It's not so fucking simple." |
| 2004 |
| "Indecency/Obscenity" |
119,271 |
543,255 |
30,554 |
270,287 |
1,696 |
835 |
949 |
922 |
119,817 |
119,785 |
190,805 |
7,243 |
| "General Criticism" |
18 |
23 |
24 |
23 |
45 |
26 |
72 |
90 |
81 |
38 |
66 |
109 |
| "Other programming issues" |
1 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
13 |
73 |
1 |
7 |
13 |
| February 1st, 2004: Janet Jackson reveals right breast during dance routine with Justin Timberlake at Super Bowl XXXVIII. |
| 2005 |
| "Indecency/Obscenity" |
138,652 |
14,480 |
3,884 |
2,101 |
2,053 |
2,007 |
23,547 |
1,716 |
922 |
544 |
1,375 |
42,190 |
| "General Criticism" |
211 |
215 |
129 |
73 |
83 |
78 |
47 |
57 |
49 |
62 |
44 |
23 |
| "Other programming issues" |
25 |
27 |
11 |
4 |
10 |
7 |
10 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| 2006 |
| "Indecency/Obscenity/Profanity" |
1,739 |
138,527 |
134,865 |
11,326 |
40,000 |
741 |
179 |
404 |
163,553 |
29,821 |
835 |
306 |
| "General Criticism" |
18 |
14 |
15 |
164 |
100 |
198 |
261 |
248 |
206 |
562 |
303 |
241 |
| Other
programming issues" |
23 |
2 |
2 |
308 |
471 |
3 |
84 |
69 |
87 |
149 |
982 |
105 |
| 2007 |
| "Indecency/Obscenity |
148,281 |
1000 |
176 |
4,055 |
212 |
101 |
100 |
119 |
149 |
112 |
125 |
196 |
| "General Criticism" |
619 |
301 |
237 |
355 |
236 |
133 |
142 |
137 |
169 |
192 |
193 |
188 |
| "Other programming issues" |
146 |
114 |
115 |
335 |
88 |
100 |
59 |
46 |
60 |
44 |
120 |
58 |
| 2008 |
| "Indecency/Obscenity |
108,919 |
10,825 |
1,187 |
24,068 |
679 |
311 |
| "General Criticism" |
193 |
487 |
270 |
3070 |
470 |
806 |
| "Other programming issues" |
38 |
108 |
55 |
95 |
105 |
393 |
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