July 30, 2011

Filed a Complaint With FCC

**UPDATE: Issue has been resolved.**


I went to the FCC website and filed a formal complaint with them here: http://www.fcc.gov/complaints.

I would like to file a complaint about the closed captioning for the AMC network program 'Breaking Bad'. The closed-captions are heavily censored, even though they are not censored when spoken. Example: Caption read "h---", while the character clearly said "hell" out loud.

It is not fair to only censor captioned words that can be clearly heard by others who can hear. I have a problem with this, because it intentionally excludes deaf and hard of hearing people.

I am hard of hearing and I rely on captioning when watching television shows and movies. I like to know what is being said and have full access to the language being used on these shows, like everyone else.



Thank you,

Elizabeth

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 30, 2011 9:45 AM

    Who cares about hearing children, We must not ruin the poor innocent deaf parents' mind!

    Jk

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  2. ScottJuly 30, 2011 11:03 AM

    I also just filed and after filling out the form I was given a FAX cover. I was going to FAX them my letter, but the free faxes on line are no long er doing long distance from your area. While I have a FAX, it's not plugged in and I can't from a wheelchair. I'll figure something out.

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  3. (eJuly 30, 2011 11:31 AM

    Anonymous @9:35 a.m., Exactly!!!

    Scott, great. I encourage others to do the same!

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  4. ScottJuly 30, 2011 12:54 PM

    Just found out my TDD hand-phone jack is available so I will buy a cheap LONG phone cord for my printer/fax jack as soon as I can and send it. I hope I can figure this out

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