KCET pulls series over FCC worries
Officials at KCET-TV pulled its planned broadcast of “Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?,” which was to begin airing Sunday, after concerns arose at the public-TV station this week about possible fines from the Federal Communications Commission.
The four-part documentary series, which examines the effect of social and economic inequities upon health, contained a graphic depiction of body parts and an obscene word that could run afoul of federal decency standards, station spokeswoman Laurel Lambert said Friday. (A review of the series appeared in Friday’s Calendar.)
To avoid potential fines, the station could run the series between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., when FCC decency standards are relaxed, she added.
“We don’t know yet when or if the series will run on KCET,” Lambert said. “We’re still deciding what to do.”
-- Martin Miller
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