Friday, May 8, 2009

Broadcast Standards

We can’t call someone gay or say that something is gay… unless you’re referring to sexual orientation.

I, as Chinese, can’t say anything derogatory against Chinese people. But I can make fun of a particular Chinese person. It’s not ok to stereotype unless it’s a positive comment, such as, all Chinese people are good at math. You also can’t refer to a particular ethnicity in a degrading manner, such as calling a Chinese – chink, Pakistanian – paki, or a black person – n*gg#(.

It’s not good enough to cover nipples or genitals. Nipple tassels, fingers, and cock socks are not sufficient for full censorship. The entire breast / pubic area must be pixilated or covered by a solid block.

You can show bum. PG programs obviously will have less number of shots than 14+ shows.

You can’t call someone’s breasts “titties” or “tatas”. But if you’re referring to your own breasts, it’s ok. Below is an exceptional scenario when you can call someone else’s breasts “titties” or “tatas”:
Brenda: “I’ve got huge titties.”
Mark: “Indeed, you do have huge titties.”


The word “bang” can be used to a certain extent. You can use it as a word to describe sex, but not for explicit details. For example:
Steve: “Dude, did you bang that chick?” – ok
Steve: “So how hard did you bang that chick? Did you do it like - boom boom bang bang?” – not ok


The same applies to the term “Lemon Party”.
Annie: “I had fun last night at the lemon party hawhawhaw….” – ok
Annie: “OMG, I just walked into the nastiest lemon party last night… [followed by explicit detail that I don’t want to get into]” – totally not ok


When you are referring to a senior as senile or a crazy person as schizophrenic, they’d better actually be senile or schizophrenic. To assume or accuse someone of being senile or schizo is absolutely unacceptable.

Hosts shouldn’t be drinking on air and alcohol and drugs shouldn’t be glamorized. You can have someone picking up a casual drink on a show, but no binge drinking or implying that drugs are cool.

Any of the above can be excused under unexpected circumstances during a live broadcast if immediately followed by a sincere apology.




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