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Huge Jump in Foul Language on Primetime TV

Aired September 26, 2003 - 05:58   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: OK, time to send the kids out of the room for this next story. You may have heard about a study showing a huge jump in foul language on prime time TV. Well, to read about a study like that is one thing, but to sit and count the bad words for three straight hours, well, that assignment went to CNN's Jeanne Moos.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Remember when mom said to watch your language? Tell it to the TV.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're full of crap.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You want to be a (OBSCENE WORD OMITTED), that's cool.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "THE BROTHERHOOD OF POLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE")

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't ask for much, damn it. Take my (OBSCENE WORD OMITTED).

(END VIDEO CLIP)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "MY WIFE AND KIDS")

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You're turning into a real pain in the (OBSCENE WORD OMITTED).

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You just said A double snakes.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: We fixed ourselves some popcorn and sat our A double snakes down to spend prime time counting swear words.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How did these self-proclaimed evil (OBSCENE WORD OMITTED) make it to the end?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS (on camera): Oh, my goodness, did you hear that?

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And blew his (OBSCENE WORD OMITTED) off.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: That would be scatological language, I think.

(voice-over): The group that released the Blue Tube Report breaks foul language down into five categories.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Damn it, Danny, I have no idea.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It sucks (OBSCENE WORD OMITTED).

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: Sometimes it was hard to keep up.

(on camera): And we had two censored.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Ass.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Lot of fags.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: Whoa.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Probably (UNINTELLIGIBLE) babies ever to walk the...

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: Scatological?

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She is a monster.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: The watchdogs at the Parents Television Council are more scientific.

(on camera): They have six analysts who sit in cubicles with headphones on and they listen to tapes of the programs so that they can stop when they hear an offending phrase or word.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What the hell is this?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: The good news is that in every time slot, mild oaths and curses compromised a larger share of the foul language.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You bastard!

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Objection.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: Ooh, that wasn't so mild.

(voice-over): Time to wash your TV's mouth out.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Your penis.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: ... with soap.

Jeanne Moos, CNN...

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You bastard!

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: ... New York.

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Aired September 26, 2003 - 05:58   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: OK, time to send the kids out of the room for this next story. You may have heard about a study showing a huge jump in foul language on prime time TV. Well, to read about a study like that is one thing, but to sit and count the bad words for three straight hours, well, that assignment went to CNN's Jeanne Moos.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Remember when mom said to watch your language? Tell it to the TV.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're full of crap.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You want to be a (OBSCENE WORD OMITTED), that's cool.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "THE BROTHERHOOD OF POLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE")

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't ask for much, damn it. Take my (OBSCENE WORD OMITTED).

(END VIDEO CLIP)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "MY WIFE AND KIDS")

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You're turning into a real pain in the (OBSCENE WORD OMITTED).

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You just said A double snakes.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: We fixed ourselves some popcorn and sat our A double snakes down to spend prime time counting swear words.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How did these self-proclaimed evil (OBSCENE WORD OMITTED) make it to the end?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS (on camera): Oh, my goodness, did you hear that?

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And blew his (OBSCENE WORD OMITTED) off.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: That would be scatological language, I think.

(voice-over): The group that released the Blue Tube Report breaks foul language down into five categories.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Damn it, Danny, I have no idea.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It sucks (OBSCENE WORD OMITTED).

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: Sometimes it was hard to keep up.

(on camera): And we had two censored.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Ass.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Lot of fags.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: Whoa.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Probably (UNINTELLIGIBLE) babies ever to walk the...

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: Scatological?

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She is a monster.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: The watchdogs at the Parents Television Council are more scientific.

(on camera): They have six analysts who sit in cubicles with headphones on and they listen to tapes of the programs so that they can stop when they hear an offending phrase or word.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What the hell is this?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: The good news is that in every time slot, mild oaths and curses compromised a larger share of the foul language.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You bastard!

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Objection.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: Ooh, that wasn't so mild.

(voice-over): Time to wash your TV's mouth out.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Your penis.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: ... with soap.

Jeanne Moos, CNN...

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You bastard!

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: ... New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com