The FCC gets it right, for a change

[TemplarKormac]

The has FCC rejected a petition calling for the Washington Redskins to change their name. In addition, the FCC also rejected the petition's appeal to block the renewal of WWXX-FM's broadcast license; the radio station itself is the NFL team's flagship radio station. The petition called for the removal of the name on the grounds it was obscene and profane, prompting the FCC to say the name by law does not meet that criteria.

Political correctness lost...at least here. You have the FCC to thank for that.

The Federal Communications Commission dismissed a petition Thursday to deny renewal of WWXX-FM's broadcast license because it's the flagship radio station of the NFL's Washington Redskins, whose name has come under fire by some who see it as a derogatory term for Native Americans.

The petition claimed repeated use of the word "Redskins" violates rules against indecent content.

But the FCC said that the law defines profanity as sexual or excretory in nature — meanings that don't relate to the name of the football team.

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