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No smut and dirty talk about our naughty celebrities
By Wang Yong |
May 4, 2009, Monday
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MY hat's off to the central government's latest order to screen out sensational scandals and dirt about celebrities from TV and radio programs.
Shanghai Morning Post reported last Tuesday that the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television had just reaffirmed its ban on radio or television talk shows about the scandals and sensational private lives of celebrities.
On Thursday, sina.com reported that the government would not ban scandal-tainted celebrities from performing, but would not allow the media to be "hot after" them.
Sina.com also said the government would not encourage any actor or actress to become famous overnight by going nude.
The government's order, though belated, is a necessary correction of the tone of many broadcast programs, which has degenerated for too long.
It's not about free speech. Even in the United States, some categories of expression fall outside the protection of the First Amendment, such as fighting words and obscenity, though the definition of obscenity is always debatable in the United States.
The sex scandals involving celebrities may not count as obscenity, but they diminish our dignity as a society.
Shanghai Morning Post reported last Tuesday that the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television had just reaffirmed its ban on radio or television talk shows about the scandals and sensational private lives of celebrities.
On Thursday, sina.com reported that the government would not ban scandal-tainted celebrities from performing, but would not allow the media to be "hot after" them.
Sina.com also said the government would not encourage any actor or actress to become famous overnight by going nude.
The government's order, though belated, is a necessary correction of the tone of many broadcast programs, which has degenerated for too long.
It's not about free speech. Even in the United States, some categories of expression fall outside the protection of the First Amendment, such as fighting words and obscenity, though the definition of obscenity is always debatable in the United States.
The sex scandals involving celebrities may not count as obscenity, but they diminish our dignity as a society.
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