
The American Family Association, the same group that filed complaints against an
episode of
Without a
Trace, have now set their sights on Fox Sports' recent coverage of the Food City 500 NASCAR
race. During the broadcast, which like all of Fox Sports' live events was aired without tape delay, a member of
driver Martin Truex's team called another car "a piece of s---." This isn't the first time drivers or members
of a race team have let blue language fly on the air, and so far complaints haven't helped much, especially when one
considers that only broadcast networks are subject to fines, not cable channels. While I understand people wanting to
keep such language from television during the hours when children are watching, a complete absence of
swearing seems almost unnatural. As
BC Beat notes, a sport as
intense and dangerous as auto racing is going to conjure its share of curse words. It seems to be the nature of
the beast.
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