12/13/2004: FCC investigates Olympics?

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Apparently the FCC is looking at the Olympics broadcast now, having gotten "at least one" indecency complaint.

(At least ONE? Jeff Jarvis has recently showed how many, or really, MOST FCC complaints are generated by complaint farms, not actually written by outraged viewers.)

According to the full story and the official caption on the image if you click through to it, we learn that the broadcast MAY or MAY NOT HAVE...

...included male performers representing ancient Greek Kouroi, life-size stone figures of naked young men dating to the sixth century B.C.

The story says that the 2004 Athens WEB SITE includes these images, but it's not known whether the broadcast included them. Does this stop the FCC? Nope, they are requesting a tape from NBC.

If you look closely at the above image, it appears that these guys aren't showing their actual units, but wearing some sort of costume to simulate the real thing. Does that change the matter at all?

Ach, I know this entry doesn't have much factual information yet... I read the regular news sites, and end up in complete confusion as to what the wire writers intended to communicate. In this case the story collides with its own picture's caption. Hopefully someone will have more info on it... post away if you do.