FCC Could Lose Broadcast Censorship Authority

Jason Lee Miller has this commentary on WebProNews. He writes:

The current FCC is using its numbered days to petition the Supreme Court to uphold its authority over fleeting material in broadcast programming. If Chairman Kevin Martin & Co. fail to get a sympathetic ear from the highest court, the fat lady could be singing one foul tune as failed regulators exit stage right, and that might be a good thing.

Reasoning similar to that which protects Internet companies could protect CBS and others from what guests and third parties say or do on live television—or television in general . . .