The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) means business. The FCC has announced it plans to fine WDBJ $325,000 for showing “graphic sexual images” during an evening newscast.

 

Way back in 2012, the Roanoke, Va. CBS station aired a story about a former adult film star who was volunteering for a local rescue squad. The station used naughty images of the actress from a porn website for the story.

 

 

Complaints flooded in, though the station said it was all much ado about nothing. It argued that the “extremely fleeting and partial image of a penis during a news story” was not bad enough to be seen as a violation of broadcast rules.

 

The Commission, moving like molasses, has just announced it will hit the station with “the maximum available penalty” for violating federal laws prohibiting indecent programming. This will actually be the biggest fine ever levied for a single incident broadcast on one station.

 

“Our action here sends a clear signal that there are severe consequences for TV stations that air sexually explicit images when children are likely to be watching,” said Travis LeBlanc, Chief of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau.

 

Finally, the evil penis pushers of WDBJ have been put in their place!