Justice Dept. sues News Corp. over FCC defiance

April 04, 2008 The federal government has sued News Corp. for violating the nation's indecency laws for an episode of the defunct reality program "Married to America" in which possibly offending body parts were pixilized. Lawsuits were filed Friday by the U.S. Department of Justice in four jurisdictions seeking to enforce the FCC's $56,000 in fines for airing the program in violation of the rules. Filing the suits in different districts covers all the legal bases necessary to bring the lawsuits, either where the complaints were filed against the stations that aired the program, their corporate headquarters or where the relevant agency is located.

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