Broadcasters may be bracing for a legal battle over decency standards.
According to a CNN/Money report, television networks are reeling from a record $7.9 million in regulatory fines in 2004 and now face an orchestrated campaign to hike indecency fines to $500,000 per violation.
Edward Fritts, the outgoing president of the National Association of Broadcasters, told industry members at the association's annual convention in Las Vegas two weeks ago that an epic lawsuit is brewing, according to the report.
And Marv Johnson, a lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union, says the liberal advocacy group has been looking into whether and how to mount a court challenge to the government crackdown.
"I think it's very likely," Johnson said.
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