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How the FCC’s rules for media regulation has evolved over time

CNN’s Elizabeth Wagmeister takes a look back and some of the FCC’s historic rulings regarding indecency and obscenity on radio and television since the 1950’s, and how cultural attitudes have shifted over the years.

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