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OK, so how often do you think you will find the CRTC dropping the "f-bomb" together with a list of 6 other words that you wouldn't say in front of your grandmother.

They appear collected in a government document in a way that George Carlin could only dream about.

Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-311 takes a look at three separate complaints filed against Much Music. Bottom line was that Much was found guilty of broadcasting mature content outside the 9pm-6am "adult" window.

I was surprised by the explicit nature of the CRTC's narrative describing the programming that was the subject of the complaint.

In a previous life, when preparing regulatory submissions, a few of us would slip certain language into drafts of our filings. We were continually trying to see if our boss was actually concentrating on reviewing the draft. On one occasion, we actually thought that "bodacious" was going to slip by.

I wonder if someone in the Commission's decision writing group collected a $5 bet on whether this one would make it through final review!

I think the Commission may want to put its own warning from the CBSC on the top of this Decision. If I wanted to hear that kind of language at 11 am, I'd go back to working for my old boss!

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