Channel 5 in trouble with Ofcom
 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...=FBCNETTXT9038

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Oh fgs :bored:

Got to give Ofcom something to do

Ofcom are itching to get someone in trouble.
Parents are warned that after 9PM anything is aloud to be done, wether it is sexual, swearing, as long as it is after 9.

It's parents fault if their kids pick up these words for letting them stay up after 9PM

Ofcom need to grow up.

This is beyond pathetic. There's already a ****ing watershed, what more do they want? It doesn't matter whether it's 11 seconds after or not, they adhered to the 9pm watershed guideline and that's that. I wish they'd stop pandering to the wishes of old women who instead of allowing their children to watch these evidently adult programmes which also include prior warnings of such content (if they're really that dim), should do the right thing and either change the channel or send their children to bed, it really isn't that hard.

Censorship in this country is going too far now and this report is utterly laughable.

Ofcom can **** off
Dirty load of *****

Ok Ofcom allows shows like The X Factor to blatently rig the results,but C5 get told off for showing swear words after the watershed lol.

Ofcom you stink.

On a side note, as if hearing a few swear words is going to be detrimental to a child's life anyway. I hate this age-old assumption that it's the worst thing since the Holocaust if a child is heard swearing.

As a mother, I find this very insulting Jack. That article doesn't mention anything about "old women" complaining or anyone else complaining for that matter.

11 seconds after the watershed is still after the watershed.

Screw you, Ofcom, go do something useful for christ sake.

Well I'm sorry if it offended you then, but let's be honest the chances are that most people that complain to OFCOM about anything are either elderly people or the mothers (perhaps fathers) I guess who are supposedly 'worried' about the content their children view. I seriously doubt there is a lot of 18 year old men that complain if they hear the word 'sh*t' at 9:01pm on Big Brother.

I know there'll be exceptions to the rule and I'm aware that yes it's most likely a generalisation, but we're all aware that I'm not the only one that thinks this and that's probably for good reason.

Good for Ofcom - it's just common sense - C5 are trying to push the boundaries of controversy because the program content itself failed to attract an adult audience but depended on impressionable pre-teens and juveniles ..... :idc:

Well, all the mothers I know have better thing to do then complain about bad language on TV :hmph:

No, Channel 5 are trying to reflect an aspect of reality (the use of swearing in every day life) correctly in what is a reality TV show. Censoring such words would mean that's not a reflection of real life, when someone swears in real life you don't hear the bleep machine appear from nowhere to mask the word do you?

Someone will probably mention that Channel 5's attempt at Big Brother took away from the 'reality TV' aspect anyway, and whilst that might be true, the use of expletives is still an aspect of reality.

The same for me, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. Pretty sure there's been stories in the paper about parents/the elderly complaining :p

By airing people swearing after the watershed? How controversial :laugh:

I'm normally one for controversy but I'm completely with Niamh on this one, you're missing the obvious point. A lot of people leave the channel they're watching on for a good 5-10 minutes after the programme they were watching has finished. This could easily have happened there especially with kids watching whatever was on at 8pm, and 11 seconds is pushing it before finding something else to watch. Its nothing to do with watching BB just to complain.

BB just isn't a 9pm show to begin with. The move to 9pm was when it started its rapid decline and one of the only things Channel 5 got right was keeping it on at 10pm. I'll never understand people who complain though. Don't see the point or what it achieves.

True. I agree that while C5 haven't done the best job, the swearing aspect is accurate.

I find this whole thing utterly pathetic though.

Oh I don't agree with Offcom, I was just saying that Old women/mothers complaining wasn't mentioned in that article

What do you mean by "elderly"?

Of course not, but the debate is about those who are much younger, the pre-teens and juveniles ..... ;)

Well, you're getting heated about it ...... :joker:

Just saw the bolded bit and didn't read your whole post :blush2:

In my "real life", swearing is not a regular part of the vernacular ..... :nono:

Your reality, not mine ..... :nono:

It was only a couple of lines long :nono:


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LOL how ridiculous.

They would have a (still quite pathetic) point if it was 11 secs BEFORE the watershed...but it wasnt