In light of all the news about the federal appeals court's decision to throw out the FFC's $550,000 fine against CBS over the infamous Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction, we talked to Paige Gold, who helped write the Media Access Project's friend-of-the-court brief in the case.Gold tells us that what we kinda sorta thought -- but what many media outlets missed: The ruling alone isn't much of a setback for the FCC. The way broadcast indecency rules are interpreted shifts according to who is in the White House. The FCC has 5 members, 3 from the party holding the White House, and 2 from the oth...

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