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EVENT DETAIL
One Step Back from The Battle Lines: Indecency, Profanity, Free Speech, and the FCC
Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:30 pm
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From Janet Jackson to Bono, from an off-the-mike remark of President Bush to the gritty realities of World War II and 9/11 dramas, broadcasters are finding themselves caught up in a cultural, political and legal battle over the limits of free expression and the power of the Federal Communications Commission to regulate the broadcast media. The Committee on Communications & Media Law will bring together key players from government, advocacy groups, and the broadcast industry, to debate the FCC's new crackdown on indecency and the legal challenges it has engendered.
Moderator:
HENRY R. KAUFMAN
Henry Kaufman, P.C., First Amendment and Media Law Attorney
Speakers:
CONGRESSMAN GARY ACKERMAN
MIGUEL ESTRADA, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
LOUIS WILEY, executive editor, PBS Frontline,
DAVID SOLOMON, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP; former Chief, FCC Enforcement Bureau
TIM WINTER, Executive Director, incoming President, Parents Television Council
Sponsored by:
Committee on Communications and Media Law
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