The FCC ruled that the broadcast of Bono saying "this is really, really fucking brilliant" on the Golden Globes was not obscene.
"The word 'f---ing' my be crude and offensive, but, in the context presented here, did not describe sexual or excretory organs or activities," the bureau wrote.
"Rather, the performer used the word 'f---ing' as an adjective or expletive to emphasize an exclamation. Indeed, in similar circumstances, we have found that offensive language used as an insult rather than as a description of sexual or excretory activities or organs is not within the scope of the commission's prohibition of indecent program content."
Someone somewhere in that bloated bureaucracy got a clue.
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