Russell Drops Unbleeped F-Bomb On CBS' Survivor

After the debacle about Justin Timberlake exposing Janet Jackson's nipple, you would think that CBS would have taken some steps to clean up its act as to what is shown on the public airwaves. Apparently not. In the Survivor episode aired on Thursday evening, December 17, 2009 there is the following exchange when Russell is talking to Mick approximately ten minutes before the end credits. Russell says very clearly:

And she always wants to talk to you three inches away from your face and you've got to smell that "BLEEP" breath. I don't even know why she's still here. I know why she's still here. 'Cuz we're using her, the stupid BUTT F**K, for votes.

The breath comment was not only bleeped out but his mouth was blurred out so it was not possible to ascertain what he was saying. Then how is it possible that just a few seconds later, CBS drops the F bomb on America in the middle of prime time?

I am not going to post a video here. Why? Because I'm not going to infringe on CBS' copyrights on my Hub. Check it on your TiVo. Don't have it recorded? It is no secret that Survivor is widely available on torrent sites so whatever anyone else does is between them and CBS. If you want to watch pirated content, go ahead and face any consequences. You'll hear exactly what I heard. Think I'm wrong? Argue it in the comments section.

This death by a thousand cuts by the major broadcast networks has to end. Not a month goes by that some network is not pushing the limits of what the public will tolerate on prime time television. I have already harangued at length against Seth MacFarlane's repugnant broadcast excrement in:

Petition The FCC To Ban Fox's Family Guy On Obscenity Violations

Family Guy Hacks A Cat To Death: Humor Or Repugnance?

How Seth MacFarlane Demolished Modern Civilization

But at least not even Fox is blatant enough to start dropping prime time F bombs. When NBC let one slip a few months back it was on Saturday Night Live at a time when the kiddies should have been tucked up in their beds, and although you can argue that with the 7 second delay somebody was asleep at the switch, it is far more justifiable than a CBS prime time program that was recorded months ago and throughly edited and vetted, such as Survivor.

There is simply no excuse for this violation. The FCC should take CBS to task and use the Draconian punishment it should extract on the network to place all other broadcasters on notice. Prime time broadcast television is not an NC-17 movie nor is it pay cable.

The FCC manages the airwaves that constitutionally belong to the American public. Those airwaves are not the property of the broadcasters to do as they wish. The FCC grants licenses for the use of those airwaves and the FCC can rip those licenses up as well in case of gratiuitous violation of community standards

If BUTT F*** isn't the most egregious violation to date ever aired on CBS, then what is next? Snuff movies? Kiddie porn? How about a Dexter type show where a convicted rapist goes off and vigilante rapes other rapists? How far are we going to let the broadcasters go in their mad quest for ratings?

Is the American public so desensitized that it sits idly by while F bombs are tossed around on a prime time "family" program? Are you going to sit idly by? Then stand up and let your opinion be heard. Contact the FCC:

You can file your complaint using an on-line complaint form found at esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm. You can also file a complaint by e-mailing fccinfo@fcc.gov; calling 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-225-5322) voice, 1-888-TELL-FCC (1-888-835-5322) TTY; faxing 1-866-418-0232; or writing to:

Federal Communications Commission
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau
Consumer Inquiries and Complaints Division
445 12th St., SW
Washington, DC 20554.

... and tell them that in the case of this "Network" you're as mad as hell and you aren't going to take it any more!"

I have formally complained to CBS. Let's see if they just go deaf, dumb and blind on this.

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