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

[Howard Lowndes]

On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 10:30, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> 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.

It was interesting to see Media Watch give him a good roasting last
night over the "Cash for Comments" thingie, which appears to be still
alive and kicking.

> 
> 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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