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Scorsese2002
05/05/17 7:37:34 PM
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http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/fcc-to-investigate-take-appropriate-action-on-colbert%E2%80%99s-trump-rant/ar-BBAN3MZ?li=BBmkt5R

Late night talk show host Stephen Colbert's controversial joke about President Trump drew the attention of the Federal Communications Commission. The agency received "a number" of complaints about Colbert's commentary earlier in the week, according to the FCC's chief.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai promised to "take the appropriate action" following a comprehensive investigation of Colbert's remarks.

The FCC's response will depend on whether Colbert's remarks are considered "obscene."

"We are going to take the facts that we find and we are going to apply the law as it's been set out by the Supreme Court and other courts and we'll take the appropriate action," hetoldTalk Radio 1210 WPHT Thursday.

"Traditionally, the agency has to decide, if it does find a violation, what the appropriate remedy should be," he said. "A fine, of some sort, is typically what we do."

Broadcast television is governed by different rules depending on the time of day, PaisaidWednesday, prior to viewing Colbert's comments.

The FCC flags speech it considers "indecent" before 10 p.m., he told Fox Business Network, and looks for "obscene" content after that point. Colbert's "The Late Show" airs at 11:35 p.m. ET on CBS.

The agency's website states that content must meet a three-tier Supreme Court test to be labeled "obscene."

"It must appeal to an average person's prurient interest; depict or describe sexual conduct in a 'patently offensive' way; and, taken as a whole, lack serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value," it reads.

Colbert on Monday unleashed a flood of insults at Trump, satirizing an interview with CBS news the president cut short the day before.

"The only thing your mouth is good at is being [Russian President] Vladimir Putin's c*** holster," he said of Trump.

Colbert on Wednesday defended his joke amid fierce backlash online.

"I don't regret that," he said. "[Trump], I believe, can take care of himself. I have jokes; he has the launch codes. So, it's a fair fight."

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05/05/17 7:40:01 PM
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Scorsese2002 posted...
Colbert on Wednesday defended his joke amid fierce backlash online.

"I don't regret that," he said. "[Trump], I believe, can take care of himself.

Oh how wrong you are, Colbert.
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Cheater87
05/05/17 7:40:22 PM
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I do find it stupid how the government regulates TV, and radio for "bad" words and nudity. Plus this is after the watershed hours, also swearing is bleeped out on TV and radio.
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Ampelas
05/05/17 7:40:35 PM
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Trump got butthurt, lmao
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Old NoiseTank
05/05/17 7:40:45 PM
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punt it into the endzone
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05/05/17 7:41:11 PM
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Cheater87 posted...
I do find it stupid how the government regulates TV, and radio for "bad" words and nudity. Plus this is after the watershed hours, also swearing is bleeped out on TV and radio.

It's not that it was homophobic, that's just a nice excuse. Any insults of the dear leader will be hunted and persecuted.
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KillerSlaw
05/05/17 7:41:37 PM
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Wow, he actually said cock holster?
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AugustAdoulin
05/05/17 7:41:46 PM
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Spooking posted...
It's more of a slam on people who give oral sex than men who do it. Stephen is saying that if you do give oral sex, you are a submissive and lowly person.


well, that is sort of true. You are pretty submissive if you've got another man's dick in your mouth after all. No one should be doing that.
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05/05/17 7:42:34 PM
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Spooking posted...
It's more of a slam on people who give oral sex than men who do it. Stephen is saying that if you do give oral sex, you are a submissive and lowly person.

If you give oral sex to foreign dictators in exchange for political claut, yes, you are a submissive and lowly person. It was even extra-marital! Shouldn't the GOP be up in arms at Trump??

inb4 trumpanzees think I took colbert literally
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prince_leo
05/05/17 7:42:59 PM
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AugustAdoulin posted...
well, that is sort of true. You are pretty submissive if you've got another man's dick in your mouth after all. No one should be doing that.

I feel like the person with the dick in their mouth has quite a bit of power right there.
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UnholyMudcrab
05/05/17 7:43:43 PM
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prince_leo posted...
AugustAdoulin posted...
well, that is sort of true. You are pretty submissive if you've got another man's dick in your mouth after all. No one should be doing that.

I feel like the person with the dick in their mouth has quite a bit of power right there.

*chomp*
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Scorsese2002
05/05/17 7:45:24 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
prince_leo posted...
AugustAdoulin posted...
well, that is sort of true. You are pretty submissive if you've got another man's dick in your mouth after all. No one should be doing that.

I feel like the person with the dick in their mouth has quite a bit of power right there.

*chomp*


R1HhUre
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AugustAdoulin
05/05/17 7:46:01 PM
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prince_leo posted...
AugustAdoulin posted...
well, that is sort of true. You are pretty submissive if you've got another man's dick in your mouth after all. No one should be doing that.

I feel like the person with the dick in their mouth has quite a bit of power right there.


hmm... I never really thought of it that way. :o
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YellowSUV
05/05/17 7:49:03 PM
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Maybe Ajit Pai can waste time on this instead of destroying the Internet.
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Rob Cesternino
05/05/17 7:56:48 PM
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Of course Liberals would be ok with this homophobia.
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Phantom_Nook
05/05/17 8:01:52 PM
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I thought Trump was the anti-PC candidate? Now Trumpanzees are okay with someone getting in trouble over a joke?
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Lorenzo_2003
05/05/17 8:04:14 PM
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Phantom_Nook posted...
I thought Trump was the anti-PC candidate? Now Trumpanzees are okay with someone getting in trouble over a joke?


You made this PC world. Now you can live in it.
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Axiom
05/05/17 8:04:55 PM
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Lmao. Trump supporters would get upset at that comment considering they've got his nuts dangling on their chin at all times
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CruelBuffalo
05/05/17 8:06:05 PM
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Anyone who is "antiPC" but supports this is a hypocrite. No other reasoning.
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davyheinz
05/05/17 8:06:15 PM
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"This must be investigated!"

*Looks at transcript*

"Who the fuck is President Trump? Does he know President Obama?"
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ledbowman
05/05/17 8:06:46 PM
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So many snowflakes
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Phantom_Nook
05/05/17 8:06:58 PM
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Lorenzo_2003 posted...
Phantom_Nook posted...
I thought Trump was the anti-PC candidate? Now Trumpanzees are okay with someone getting in trouble over a joke?


You made this PC world. Now you can live in it.

Oh, so Trump isn't anti-PC. Another broken promise, I suppose.
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Tmaster148
05/05/17 8:07:28 PM
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Phantom_Nook posted...
Lorenzo_2003 posted...
Phantom_Nook posted...
I thought Trump was the anti-PC candidate? Now Trumpanzees are okay with someone getting in trouble over a joke?


You made this PC world. Now you can live in it.

Oh, so Trump isn't anti-PC. Another broken promise, I suppose.


At this point it'll be easier to keep track of the promises he kept than the ones he broke.
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Hash-Brown
05/05/17 8:12:09 PM
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Lorenzo_2003 posted...
Phantom_Nook posted...
I thought Trump was the anti-PC candidate? Now Trumpanzees are okay with someone getting in trouble over a joke?


You made this PC world. Now you can live in it.

I love when liberals get mad that their own tactics are being used against them. They want a world of double standards.
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hockeybub89
05/05/17 8:13:57 PM
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Lorenzo_2003
05/05/17 8:14:51 PM
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Phantom_Nook posted...

Oh, so Trump isn't anti-PC. Another broken promise, I suppose.


Trump is not the issue. He is a businessman trying his hand at politics, so obviously he gets called out when he missteps. The point is Lefties wanted and still want a sociey ruled by PC ideologies. You don't get to tear down people you dislike based on sexist or racist comments, but then hand wave all the sexist and racist comments made by others just because you like them. Fuck that hypocritical nonsense. Stand by your claims. Be objective and consistent, or you will get called on it just like Trump.
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hockeybub89
05/05/17 8:15:59 PM
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Hash-Brown posted...
Lorenzo_2003 posted...
Phantom_Nook posted...
I thought Trump was the anti-PC candidate? Now Trumpanzees are okay with someone getting in trouble over a joke?


You made this PC world. Now you can live in it.

I love when liberals get mad that their own tactics are being used against them. They want a world of double standards.

"We're just acting like the stupid liberals!"

But it's okay because "they started it." It's a classic playground power play.

It's also bullshit because the conservatives are every bit as guilty of this actual government-sanctioned censorship. Family values, protect the children, and all that. It's a bipartisan shitshow.
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DifferentialEquation
05/05/17 8:21:11 PM
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I don't have a problem with obscenity in general on tv, but anyone who speaks poorly of Trump should be tried for treason.
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Hash-Brown
05/05/17 8:22:09 PM
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CrimsonRage posted...
Hash-Brown posted...
Lorenzo_2003 posted...
Phantom_Nook posted...
I thought Trump was the anti-PC candidate? Now Trumpanzees are okay with someone getting in trouble over a joke?


You made this PC world. Now you can live in it.

I love when liberals get mad that their own tactics are being used against them. They want a world of double standards.


Once you use those tactics, you lose the moral argument of being against them. In other words, you're submitting to this being okay and should never complain when it happens to a conservative/right-winger again.

Nah, it is more like using an enemies own weapons against them. That is perfectly fair in war.
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Raikuro
05/05/17 8:23:44 PM
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the whole situation just makes me think of what happened to that talk show guy in V for Vendetta
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ChainedRedone
05/05/17 8:23:53 PM
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Rob Cesternino posted...
Of course Liberals would be ok with this homophobia.


Looks like someone needs a safe space.
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hockeybub89
05/05/17 8:24:54 PM
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Hash-Brown posted...
CrimsonRage posted...
Hash-Brown posted...
Lorenzo_2003 posted...
Phantom_Nook posted...
I thought Trump was the anti-PC candidate? Now Trumpanzees are okay with someone getting in trouble over a joke?


You made this PC world. Now you can live in it.

I love when liberals get mad that their own tactics are being used against them. They want a world of double standards.


Once you use those tactics, you lose the moral argument of being against them. In other words, you're submitting to this being okay and should never complain when it happens to a conservative/right-winger again.

Nah, it is more like using an enemies own weapons against them. That is perfectly fair in war.

The government has all the best weapons. "SJW Liberals complain on the Internet and at college, so It's only fair talk show hosts get investigated by the government for mocking the President."
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davyheinz
05/05/17 8:24:58 PM
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Imagine complaining about liberals
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SGT_Conti
05/05/17 8:26:57 PM
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Hash-Brown posted...
war

This is why politics is a shitshow.
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Antifar
05/05/17 8:32:53 PM
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The FCC investigates every complaint made to them.

https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/860648138884792320
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Hash-Brown
05/05/17 8:35:34 PM
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CrimsonRage posted...
No, it legitimizes the "weapon" and makes it acceptable. If you are truly against it, you would take a more principled approach. "I dislike it when it's done to me so I will not support it being used against anyone else."

Otherwise you become the double standard you loathe.

In war you use whatever weapon you can or you die, simple as that.
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hockeybub89
05/05/17 8:36:55 PM
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Antifar posted...
The FCC investigates every complaint made to them.

https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/860648138884792320

That is true. Also, ridiculous.
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Hash-Brown
05/05/17 8:39:51 PM
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CrimsonRage posted...
So you choose to forego principles to "defeat the enemy at any cost", huh?

Yeah, that is pretty much how you win a war.
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Mr_MacPhisto
05/05/17 8:41:01 PM
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Colbert should be fined for being incredibly unfunny, tbh.
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Hash-Brown
05/05/17 8:46:35 PM
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CrimsonRage posted...
Hash-Brown posted...
CrimsonRage posted...
So you choose to forego principles to "defeat the enemy at any cost", huh?

Yeah, that is pretty much how you win a war.


Then don't complain the next time a conservative gets in trouble for saying a mean thing on television/radio.

I just want liberals to be held to the same standards if they want to play that way.
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Tmaster148
05/05/17 8:48:25 PM
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Hash-Brown posted...
CrimsonRage posted...
Hash-Brown posted...
CrimsonRage posted...
So you choose to forego principles to "defeat the enemy at any cost", huh?

Yeah, that is pretty much how you win a war.


Then don't complain the next time a conservative gets in trouble for saying a mean thing on television/radio.

I just want liberals to be held to the same standards if they want to play that way.


The problem is you just come off as someone who wants to shut down other people while expecting others to respect you.

If you really hate pc culture and safe spaces, don't do the same things you are complaining about. All you are is giving the other side ammo to use back and attack your hypocrisy instead of actually solving an issue.
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Axiom
05/05/17 8:49:29 PM
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Tmaster148 posted...
Hash-Brown posted...
CrimsonRage posted...
Hash-Brown posted...
CrimsonRage posted...
So you choose to forego principles to "defeat the enemy at any cost", huh?

Yeah, that is pretty much how you win a war.


Then don't complain the next time a conservative gets in trouble for saying a mean thing on television/radio.

I just want liberals to be held to the same standards if they want to play that way.


The problem is you just come off as someone who wants to shut down other people while expecting others to respect you.

If you really hate pc culture and safe spaces, don't do the same things you are complaining about. All you are is giving the other side ammo to use back and attack your hypocrisy instead of actually solving an issue.

He keeps talking about a war in reference to politics so I highly doubt he is interested in solving anything
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Hash-Brown
05/05/17 8:53:36 PM
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Tmaster148 posted...
If you really hate pc culture and safe spaces, don't do the same things you are complaining about.

It is called playing the game. If you liberals don't like it maybe you shouldn't have started it in the first place.
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Tmaster148
05/05/17 8:54:55 PM
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Hash-Brown posted...
Tmaster148 posted...
If you really hate pc culture and safe spaces, don't do the same things you are complaining about.

It is called playing the game. If you liberals don't like it maybe you shouldn't have started it in the first place.


Don't expect anything to change as long as you keep using the same tactics. By using the tactics, you are saying they are okay.
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