Sitting at home
this weekend I decided to watch some Netflix. Like many people my age I enjoy
the humor of Family Guy. I saw something that caught my eye and ended up
watching the 200th episode that was a documentary about the entire
series. Something in that episode caught my interest.
We all know that
Family Guy, amongst other adult cartoons, brush against many controversial
topics using humor. However we may not have known there are several missing
episodes that were not allowed to air. Including one on abortion, they were
told they were not allowed to debut this episode due to the fact that it was
too controversial. Family Guy has long been a source for comedy in politics and
common dilemmas people face in daily life. Why censor some of their episodes?
Does this idea that items seen as too controversial need to be banned fit the
needs of their audience?
Below is a link
to the Wikipage that explains some information on the episode. Do you think it
is too controversial to air? Do you believe that the Fox Network banned it to
maintain a certain political persona?
According to the
FCC all obscene media is prohibited at all times of air. They have a list of
three topics that all criteria must meet before being aired. You can look at
their items in more detail at their website below.
•
An average person, applying contemporary community standards,
must find that the material, as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest;
•
The material must depict or describe, in a patently offensive
way, sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable law; and
•
The material, taken as a whole, must lack serious literary,
artistic, political or scientific value.
http://www.fcc.gov/guides/obscenity-indecency-and-profanity
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