FCC malfunctioned in fining CBS over Super Bowl flash, court says

The Bush Administration's run-amok censors at the FCC got their comeuppance this morning when a three-judge federal appeals court in Philadelphia tossed out a $550,000 fine levied against CBS for that infamous "wardrobe malfunction" during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show that resulted in a glimpse of Janet Jackson's breast that lasted nowhere near as long as it's taken you read this indefensibly long sentence.  

"Like any agency, the FCC may change its policies without judicial second-guessing," the court said. "But it cannot change a well-established course of action without supplying notice of and a reasoned explanation for its policy departure."

The court could have said: "Are you kidding us? The indecency, if you want to call it that, lasted nine-sixteenths of one second. Now go find a better way to use our tax dollars."