[LINK] "Profanity delay system" and "automated profanity elimination" for US radio & TV

[Jan Whitaker]

At 10:04 AM 26/04/04 +1000, jeff.evans at iird.vic.gov.au wrote:
>Recent editions of Media Watch show that some Australian TV (Ch 9) isn't
>that restrained when it comes to image fiddling (eg Lewis Moran's head
>being patched onto someone else's body)
><http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s1090587.htm>

That was a shock to me, too. You would have thought there would be an ABA 
requirement for broadcasters to label 're-enactment' or 'digitally edited' 
on the footage.  Oh, wait.  The ABA is run by David Flint.  Sorry, go back 
to your coffee.

But your point about the delay system is interesting.  Prompted by the 
Janet Jackson affair I'm sure.  I don't think Australians would have the 
same mental framework for that as Americans.  I'm sure that was a huge huge 
huge shocker in the US.  Much bigger even than the coffin pictures.

Jan


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