Freedom's Curse

One of the issues about cursing in the media touched on in "Freedom's Curse" was the intended meaning of the word in question. The author seemed to be of the opinion that if someone said "fuck" but didn't mean it in a sexual sense, it isn't obscene, while the FCC held that it has certain connotations that are impossible to separate.
I found an article called "Must It Always Be About Sex?" published in the Washington Post about this same topic. The author, Adam Liptak, didn't take either side, but made it pretty clear that he thought the FCC was being arbitrary and inconsistent in its decisions. He pointed out, for example, that while the commission said it was acceptable for a contestant on "Survivor" to swear in a "bona fide news interview," it took exception to profanity in a Martin Scorsese music documentary. Elsewhere in the article, it was mentioned that while the government continues to censor network TV and print, it does not censor cable or the internet. Any vulgar material accessible through either one of them is available to everyone.