When the Going Gets Tough... Call Brent Bozell
So ABC aired a two-hour special compiling some of what it considered the best performances of the Live 8 concerts two Saturdays ago. I TiVo'd it, and raced through many performers I didn't give a whit about (Destiny's Child, Will Smith, some country doofus with a big hat). I did watch the geriatric perforamnce of The Who (as well as the even more geriatric Pink Floyd), but I somehow missed the editing of the F-bomb from the song "Won't Get Fooled Again." Brent Bozell, champion of decency and head of the Media Research Center and Parents Television Council (one of which used to offer clips of the most indecent CSI moments of the week--a great help to me as I'm a fan of the show--but has recently dropped that feature from the site as it was probably getting traffic for the wrong reasons) makes sure this extremely low-rated block of two hours isn't forgotten any time soon; via today's Studio Briefing:

ABC Prays It Won't Be Fooled Again The Parents Television Council, a unit of Brent Bozell's conservative Media Research Center, has filed an FCC complaint against ABC, demanding that its stations be fined for broadcasting an unedited version of The Who's "Who Are You?" during its July 2 Live 8 concert special. Although the special featured highlights from the worldwide rock concert, ABC neglected to edit out the f-word from the lyrics, even though the song has aired unedited thousands of times on the radio over the years. ABC acknowledged that it had aired the verboten word, saying in a statement: "Unfortunately, one inappropriate phrase sung by one performer was initially missed and made it into the East Coast network feed. It was subsequently edited out of the West Coast feed." The PTC has been at the forefront of protests against the use of profane language on television and generated most of the FCC complaints concerning Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" at the Super Bowl halftime show and Bono's use of the f-word during the 2003 Golden Globes Awards.