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FCC fears force Fox to pixelate cartoon nudity

The latest example of TV network self-censorship because of FCC concerns came a few weeks ago during a rerun of a "Family Guy" cartoon. Fox electronically blurred a character's posterior, even though the image was seen five years ago when the episode originally aired.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/17/obscured.cartoon.ap/index.html



Athens chief fumes at US lewdness claims

"Far from being indecent, the opening ceremonies were beautiful, enlightening, uplifting and enjoyable," Angelopoulos wrote in a weekend commentary in the Los Angeles Times titled "Since When is Greece's Culture Obscene?"

"Greece does not wish to be drawn into an American culture war. Yet that is exactly what is happening," she said.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050117/80/fagoa.html

Police Forced Artist to Cover Classical Image of Nude ‘Eve’

Because Eve’s breasts were bare in the mural, the Pilot Point Police Department repeatedly threatened, in writing, to prosecute Miller under a criminal statute aimed at those who would victimize children by selling or displaying to them hard-core pornography. In order to avoid the expense and embarrassment of being charged with such a sordid crime, Miller covered Eve’s breasts with a "Crime Scene Banner" tape.

http://www.aclu.org/FreeSpeech/FreeSpeech.cfm?ID=17297&c=83