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I am from California, and this is the "bullshit" response I received from Senator Feinstein, I will never vote for her again. It is the same crap she responded when she supported the medicare drug plan:

Thank you for your recent letter regarding radio
and television censorship. I appreciate your taking the
time to write me on this important issue.

In my lifetime, I have watched an increase in
gratuitous violence and its glorification in the media,
indecent sexually explicit material, and the use of vulgar
language on the radio and on television. I believe that
some material is simply not appropriate for all audiences.
Federal law governs what material can be broadcast and
the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has the
responsibility to enforce those laws.

I understand that you are against any type of
censorship and that you feel that the government is
dictating what people can and cannot watch. Your
opinion regarding censorship in broadcasting pertains to
the balance between two important principles. On the
one hand, Congress and the Supreme Court, as well as
society, recognize that there is an interest in protecting
the well-being of minors. On the other hand, the First
Amendment's protection of free speech makes it difficult
to determine what constitutes "indecency" or "obscene"
material. Thus, although broadcasters may have agreed
not to show certain types of programs in certain time
slots, there is still room for debate between reasonable
and fair minded people about the broadcasting choices
cable, radio and television companies have made.
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I want to thank you for letting me know your
feelings on this issue. Please know that I will continue to
monitor the FCC's enforcement of our laws governing
indecent material but I will also make sure that any
rulings and restrictions made will not infringe on the First
Amendment's protection of free speech. If you have
further questions, please do not hesitate to contact my
Washington, DC office at (202) 224-3841.

Sincerely yours,

Dianne Feinstein
United States Senator
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