I've always wondered this...?

Question

Okay, so when you're watching tv and people cuss and some of the words are bleeped and some of them are not. How do they decide which ones to bleep, and which not to?

Plainer · Accepted Answer

The FCC, the Federal Communications Comittee, has a list of words you can and cannot say at given times on given channels. Saying them will get you fined.

mts311 · Answer

Some of the curse words are considered more offensive than others. For example, if you heard someone on the street say "Oh, hell" that wouldn't really be that offensive even thought that is a cuss word.  However, if you heard "What the FU*K?" more people will tend to be offended by that.  So they request that the FCC bleep those words

? · Answer

The really bad ones get bleeped like the f word and stuff.

Bri Wee · Answer

I'm pretty sure they have a national censorship board or something. I think it's the FCC. But stations get fined if they don't bleep out certain words that people find offensive.

rosiepop · Answer

well,it depends on the rating of the show,G or PG,all should be bleeped.Anything.Even just **** or what the hell?PG 13 or 14,the f word and the b word and things like that should be bleeped,Rated R,everything goes.

Ms.Questions/lb · Answer

They have a list and know what they can and cant

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