Girls Gone Wild Be Gone
A Tennessee state senator is tired of girls going wild on raunchy late-night TV ads, so he introduced a bill to fine cable companies up to $50,000 for airing ads for obscene products.
Sen. Doug Jackson, D-Dickson, said he got the idea after seeing commercials for "Girls Gone Wild" videos that show young women baring their breasts and acting out other sexual situations.
"This is being interjected right into our living room," Jackson said Friday. "People feel like, as they sit in their living rooms, they just have to surrender; there's nothing that can be done.
Cable TV generally does not fall under Federal Communications Commission regulations on obscene material because it is not broadcast over the airwaves.
Jackson said he is unimpressed by cable companies that limit potentially offensive material to late-night hours.
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