NPR affiliate fires host as profanity hysteria takes hold

In the aftermath of the Janet Jackson Super Bowl halftime tit release, Republicans were quick to foment radical changes in how the FCC deals with broadcast naughtiness. The FCC raised the fines for an illegal incident by a power of 10, so now every radio station in the country has someone with a quivering finger poised over a MUTE button. In an southern California public radio station, one host's MUTE finger wasn't quick enough, so she was fired from her $150-a-week gig. Once cooler heads prevailed, they offered her her job back, but she told them to stuff it, saying her firing "has everybody in a white-hot panic." And in an op-ed in this week's Time, she comments on the issue.

The funny thing about this? The f-word was uttered in a radio story on knitting.