PBS To Appeal KCSM's Indecency Fine

Unclear federal rules for broadcast television decency standards are putting public TV stations at risk and threaten to deprive viewers of important programs, PBS President Paula Kerger said Wednesday.

"The fines now would put stations out of business, and we cannot allow that to happen," Kerger told a meeting of the Television Critics Association.

"We need to do a better job ... in letting the American people know that this is not just about Janet Jackson," she said. "This is about filmmakers that have powerful stories that now are not being allowed to tell those stories on public television or broadcast television."

The current furor over broadcast TV stand...