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"Hollywood continues to argue they should be able to say the F-word on television whenever they want. Today, the commission again disagrees," Republican FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said in a statement.

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Fox-owned stations and Fox affiliates in the Eastern and Central Time Zones then broadcast the following exchange between them:

Paris Hilton:	Now Nicole, remember, this is a live show, watch the bad language.
Nicole Richie:	Okay, God.
Paris Hilton:	It feels so good to be standing here tonight.
Nicole Richie:	Yeah, instead of standing in mud and [audio blocked]. Why do they even call it “The Simple Life?” Have you ever tried to get cow shit out of a Prada purse? It’s not so fucking simple.

14. Fox contends that this broadcast was not actionably indecent. Although Fox concedes that it broadcast the F-Word, it argues that the word, in context, did not depict or describe sexual activities but rather, “at most,” was a “vulgar expletive used to express emphasis,” and thus is outside the scope of the Commission’s indecency definition. As for the use of the S-Word, Fox does not deny that it was used in the excretory sense. It argues, however, that the dialogue “contained at most a passing reference to an excretory by-product (i.e., ‘cow shit’) and an expletive used for emphasis,” that the dialogue lasted only 22 seconds, and that it was not pandering, titillating or shocking. Therefore, Fox contends that the dialogue is not actionably indecent.
15. Indecency Analysis. The Commission defines indecent speech as material that, in context, depicts or describes sexual or excretory activities or organs in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium etc. etc.