Diane Keaton’s cursing on live TV

By now you have probably heard about actress Diane Keaton’s use of a variation of the “F” word on ABC’s “Good Morning America”. Keaton’s so-called slip-of-the-tongue is just the latest in a series of foul-mouthed appearances on live TV, and thanks to a June 2007 ruling by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals it appears that the FCC won’t be able to do a thing about it.
 
The good news is that Congress is working on legislation to overturn the activist court ruling, but in the meantime the TV networks themselves need to take a very strong proactive approach towards stopping this type of nonsense. They should make it clear that any “guest” or TV personality who lets an explicative fly on live TV will be barred from ever appearing on that network again.
 
Even more effective would be a 10 second delay for all live television broadcasts, during which time the abusive word itself and the entire sentence in which it was spoken would be bleeped out. At that point the interview should be halted and the “guest” barred from future appearances on the network.
 
Incidents like this one are just the latest symptom of the coarsening of America which began with the social activism of the 1960′s, and if the good people of our country fail to stand up against this kind of trash, things will only get worse and worse until we no longer even recognize ourselves as a God-fearing and God-blessed nation.