Supreme Court: 'Fleeting Expletives' Fair Game For FCC

"The Supreme Court said yesterday that the Federal Communications Commission may penalize even the occasional use of certain expletives on the airwaves but left for another day the question of whether such a policy is constitutional. The court's narrow ruling said the FCC -- prompted by Cher's use of the F-word during a 2002 live broadcast and similar remarks ... -- was justified in changing its policy in 2004 to fine broadcasters up to $325,000 every time certain words are allowed on the air." Washington Post 04/29/09