- #State property 2 has 271 f words license#
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#State property 2 has 271 f words tv#
Politicians too are not unknown to swear whilst being broadcast:-ġ993 Prime Minister John Major was recorded by ITV cameras calling 3 cabinet colleagues a "Shower of bastards".Ģ004 US democratic candidate John Kerry was interviewed, and when asked why he voted to allow the use of military force in Iraq said "I voted for what I thought was best for the country … Did I expect George Bush to fuck it up as badly as he did? I don't think anybody did"Ģ005 John Prescott on BBC TV was seen to mouth the words "Fucking Pillock" towards Nick RobinsonĢ009 David Cameron talks about Twitter on absolute Radio and says that "too many twits make a twat" he followed this by quoting someone who referred to his party as "effing Tories" and moments later suggest that the public in general were "Pissed off with politicians".Ģ112 Boris Johnson claimed on BBC television that rumours that he was being sponsored by News International were "Fucking Bollocks". Therefore, by their own descriptive criteria, cunt is NOT grossly offensive, and as such is acceptable for use on amateur radio.There is quite a lot of swearing on public domain broadcasters these days, Mock The Week and Have I Got News For You being prime examples of programmes containing swearing but not being preceded by any warning.
"The following programme contains extremely strong language", no mention of offensive or grossly offensive. The edition of Have I Got News For You on Friday 15th May 2015 contained at least 2 uses of the word "CUNT" - what was the OFCOM warning before the show?
#State property 2 has 271 f words license#
You may think that the gross offence is in the mind of the listener, but OFCOM, the licensing authority, do have a definitive description of bad language.Īll broadcast radio and TV is licensed by OFCOM, and they require their license holders to warn viewers and listeners of potential "bad" language.įilms and TV shows containing the word fuck were referred to as containing STRONG language. WELL, things have recently changed:- Swearing on amateur radio has always been a contentious issue, some people think it's not allowed, BUT, the Terms & Conditions only say we can't use "Grossly Offensive" language.
#State property 2 has 271 f words free#
So that might filter out Cunt, but nothing else as far as we can see, as ALL other swear words are regularly in use on free to air TV including the BBC. Now legislation says that in any so-called "Grossly Offensive Message" It must be proved that the language used in any alleged offence MUST be worse than that encountered in everyday life.
The rules have once again been re-written to remove any reference to personal remarks! His solicitor put up such a good defence and insisted that calling someone a "Cunt" was indeed a "remark of a personal character" Make transmissions relating to technical investigations.This was when the BR68 was in force, and we were only allowed to do 2 things:. He was summoned to appear before Magistrates. Swearing on Amateur Radio always seems to evoke the strongest of feelings, in a test case, a local radio amateur called another operator a "Cunt".
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