1.0Idol Chatterhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/idolchatterburbhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/idolchatter/author/burbThe Price of Trash Talkrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="KPKXtm4TkX"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/idolchatter/2006/06/the-price-of-trash-talk.html">The Price of Trash Talk</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/idolchatter/2006/06/the-price-of-trash-talk.html/embed#?secret=KPKXtm4TkX" width="600" height="338" title="“The Price of Trash Talk” — Idol Chatter" data-secret="KPKXtm4TkX" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The price of saying seven words you can’t say on television just went up: Thanks to legislation pushed by the Christian Coalition and signed into law by President Bush today, fines for broadcasting what the Federal Communications Commission deems indecent content will rise tenfold, from $32,500 per infraction to $325,000. (All seven will now cost…