MC 3080 Chapter : FCC V Pacifica Case Brief
Document Summary
438 u. s. 726, 98 s. ct. 3026, 57 l. ed. During an early afternoon broadcast on october 30, 1973, a new york radio station, which was owned by the pacifica foundation, broadcast george carlin"s twelve-minute monologue entitled, The monologue had been recorded before a live audience and had several words, which carlin stated could not be said on public radio. He repeatedly said these words throughout his monologue. A few weeks after the broadcast, a man who had heard the broadcast while his young son was in the car filed a complaint with the federal communications commission. Pacifica claimed that the monologue was played during a program talking about language and that they had previously warned listeners that the monologue included language that may be offensive. The station defended the monologue saying that the words were not said with ill intent but more to make a statement.
