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UK Judges Rule No Blasphemy In The BBC’s Broadcast Of The Jerry Springer Rock MusicalA major ruling by two UK High Court Judges says that blasphemy laws do not apply to broadcasts or the theater. The ruling defeats an attempt by a Christian group for the courts to find that the BBC committed blasphemy in airing the Jerry Springer rock musical in 2005 that contained more than 200 swear words, and depicted God, Jesus (wearing a diaper), Mary, Adam and Eve and The Devil on a special Jerry Springer talk show set in hell.follow-up to:
The European Christian Lobby Against TV Indecency Learns From Its US Cousins the Organized Way to Fight Alleged Blasphemy and Obscenity. It Would Make Even Jerry Springer Blush! - January 16, 2005
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Europe’s Media Rules – From Television Without Frontiers to the FutureThe Television Without Frontiers Directive is all but a memory, soon to be replaced by the Audiovisual Media Services Directive. This ftm Knowledge file details the issues, the debates and the outcome. Also included are articles on competition, product placement and cinema. 51 pages PDF (June 2007) Free to ftm Members, others from €39 OrderMedia Measurement Moves Forward and EverywhereIncludes: mobile and internet metrics, electronic measurement systems and device descriptions, RAJAR (UK) debate, with comments. 57 pages PDF (May 2007) Further Complicated: Advertising, Children and TelevisionAdvertising and television face more complaints, criticism and new rules. ftm reports on the debate in Europe and North America 43 pages PDF file (March 2007) Free to ftm members and others from €39 The State of the Print Media in the Worldftm reports from the World Association of Newspapers Congresses. Includes WAN readership studies, Russian media and Russian politics, press freedom and the state of journalism. 62 pages. PDF file (October 2006) Free to ftm members and others from €39 French National Newspapers
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