Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Issuing Authority Lungo Koehn: Access TV Violation Complaint: Councilor Knight Violates "Safe Harbor" Rule / Vulgarity on 12/20/22

  Please note:  The rules for cable tv, subscription services are sensitive, however, we believe since this goes against community standards, Knight should be held accountable, along with the mayor and the manager(s) of the TV station and heads of the city council, Nicole Morell and Zac Bears who did not object, nor did they request sanctions or a "no confidence vote" on Mr. Knight . Because of the high school stabbing on 12/19/22 there was a reasonable chance many school children were watching.

Issuing Authority Mayor Lungo-Koehn
Medford City Hall
85 Geo P Hassett Drive
Medford, MA 02155
Medfordtv Info <info@medfordtv.org>

to Issuing Authority Lungo-Koehn

On or about December 20, 2022, the day after the stabbing at the high school, and five days before the celebration of the birth of our Lord (for practicing Christians,)
City Councilor Adam Knight took the Lord's name in vain, that he's not going to waste his "God damn time" when access TV's "safe harbor" to use cuss words is
not in effect.

1)This is a formal complaint to the access TV station and issuing authority that someone, Adam Knight, broke the safe harbor rule

2)That irresponsible Nicole Morell has usually engaged in bad behavior with Adam Knight (first council meeting of the year, violating her oath of office
and not allowing a U.S. citizen to speak) is a huge problem here. A sane Council President would have called for an immediate "no confidence" vote
on Knight.  Morell, just your garden variety power-hungry local, never wants to rock the boat on her colleagues that she needs for the extra couple of thou
to become Council President.  

I am more concerned about what a bad role model that individual is, cussing before the "safe harbor" (10 pm) on access television. The kids were tuned in that week as there was a stabbing and an overdose on 12/19/22 and this council meeting was the next night. Knight is in a police report of 4/1/21 taking his own children on a ride from hell ....very bad person to have on a city council

I will file a public records request to see if the councilor, who was accused of the police of a criminal act at Bank of America 4/1/21, will be suspended from being on the air,
which is the logical outcome of a safe harbor violation.

Adam Knight violates the rules (and the law) with impunity.  It's one reason why you have so much violence at the high school.  Bad role models with Caraviello (allegedly committing perjury on 1/31/17 in criminal court,) Scarpelli (chaperone when rape occurred in Otis, Mass,) Paul Ruseau (actually convicted felon Paul Comeau Jr. hiding under a new name, expunging his record...,) Isaac Bears in a police report prior to 2021 election...   Police Chief Jack Buckley lies to the city council one October that his Brady-infested department is "all good men and women" until my public records request proved Buckley a pathological liar, like Caraviello (L'Italien Report.)  Bad role models from Mayor to Police Chief on down.   Shameful.

Mr. Knight needs to be suspended for his attacks on the Finance Director (12/20/22,) the Health Director (June 1, 2021,) while Knight was allegedly on some sort of court probation, and for his hostile attacks on this journalist. 

What will the reticent "Issuing Authority" do?  As usual, nothing.

 This "safe harbor", enforced by the Federal Communications Commission, extends—legally—from 10 PM to 6 AM and was established by the US Supreme Court case FCC v. Pacifica. [4] This "safe harbor" is based on evidence that children 17 years of age and under are less likely to be in the audience during these hours.

 

FCC Rules

From the FCC website

Broadcasting obscene content is prohibited by law at all times of the day. Indecent and profane content are prohibited on broadcast TV and radio between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., when there is a reasonable risk that children may be in the audience.

I will be filing a proper complaint with the Federal Communications Commission on issuing authority Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn for this breach of trust.

Rules are rules.  


I noticed that the written scroll for hearing impaired did not have the cuss words, though the audio did.
Shame on Kevin Haggerty or Cat at Medford Community Media for not censoring Mr. Knight or having the audio on tape delay

read complaint online here: https://medfordinformationcentral.blogspot.com/2022/12/issuing-authority-lungo-koehn-access-tv.html

 
Very offended,

Joe Viglione  

P.O. Box 2392

Woburn MA 01888

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