Anyone can file a idiot box - related charge through the Federal Communications Commission . While most of the 11,399 TV complaintsreceived through the Consumer Help Center from December 29 , 2014 , to May 17 , 2015 , were about charge upshot , 2181 were filed under “ Indecency . ”
1. “I am oppalled by this”
Sesame Streetoftenparodies soda acculturation , but one person believe the show take it too far when they ran a segment onFifty Shades of Grey . The complaint , file away February 19 , 2014 , understand :
2. “I am not sure why this is being marketing to my 6 year old”
On November 14 , 2011 , one enraged parent sent the undermentioned complaint :
3. I’ll Get Right to the Point
OneSesame Streetcomplaint filed on January 25 , 2011 , said simply , “ Big birdsoffend me . ”
4. “What is better with springs?”
“ Several times during the daylight on the DisneyHD Channel , there was a commercial-grade show for Sleepy ’s for Sealy Posturpedic , ” a parent wrote to the FCC on March 27 , 2011 .
5. “A gross lack of judgement”
Who is in charge of these commercial-grade breaks ? The person who filed this complaint on January 6 , 2012 , write :
6. “THIS SUCKS”
This “ concerned mother , grandmother AND day care provider ” was alarmed enough by the language in a Honda commercial — which her charges parrot back — to charge a complaint both with the FCC ( on September 30 , 2013)andwith Honda :
7. “Unfortunately my young sons were watching it”
The “ fly fairy program ” referenced in this complaint , filed on July 4 , 2011 , isAbby ’s Flying Fairy School , aSesame Streetsegment design to teach nipper about how to solve problems using logical system and logical thinking .
8. “AMERICA IS SLOWLY TURNING INTO A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY”
This comment was sent in on May 6 , 2011 — long before Romney ’s infamous"Big Bird " commentduring the 2012 election time of year about cutting funding for PBS . But politicians have been verbalize about cutting government outlay on public broadcast medium for geezerhood , so this author could have been referencing any number of citizenry . Or something else entirely . It ’s hard to make love .
A rendering of this story originally hightail it in 2016 ; it has been update for 2021 .
