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 CONCURRING  STATEMENT  OF  COMMISSIONER  KEVIN  J.  MARTIN 
 Re:  Viacom  Inc. 
 Today,  the  Commission  issues  a  consent  decree  with  Viacom  for  several  pending  indecency  complaints.  This  consent  decree  differs  significantly  from  others  which  we  have 
 recently  reached  involving  indecency  complaints.  For  example,  the  consent  decrees  that  we  signed  with  both  Clear  Channel  Communications  and  Emmis  Communications  –  which  were 
 identical  to  each  other  –  require  more  concrete  actions  to  protect  against  and  deter  the  airing  of  inappropriate  material  in  the  future.  By  contrast,  this  consent  decree  does  not  have  all  of  these 
 protections.  I  am  concerned  that  this  consent  decree  is  significantly  different  and  may  be  less  of  a  deterrent  for  future  violations.  Moreover,  by  requiring  less  of  Viacom  than  we  have  required  of 
 others,  we  may  be  treating  those  other  companies  unfairly. 
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