Broadcasting & Cable reports:
FCC, Justice Dept. ask Supreme Court to overturn appeals court decision throwing out $500,000 fine against CBS . . .
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals in July threw out the FCC’s $550,000 fine against CBS stations for the broadcast as arbitrary and capricious.
Apparently buoyed by the oral arguments in the Fox profanity appeal in the High Court earlier this month, the FCC, backed by the Department of Justice, filed a petition for a write of certiorari Wednesday . . .
