华盛顿，10月9日——联邦通信委员会主席周五表示，对于美国电视网是否能够直播定于12月3日进行的军事处决，他将听从五角大楼的指示。此类直播在历史上尚属首次。
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 - The chair of the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday that he would defer to the Pentagon on whether US networks could air a planned December 3 military execution, which would be an unprecedented broadcast.
美国国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯周四宣布，将对前陆军精神科医生尼达尔·哈桑执行枪决，整个过程将进行直播。哈桑因2009年在德克萨斯州胡德堡军事基地杀害13人、致伤32人而被判有罪。
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday that the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others at the Fort Hood military base in Texas in 2009, would be livestreamed.
卡尔对CNBC表示，据他了解该处决不会在普通电视频道上播出。但当被问及是否会批准直播时，他答道：“最终我们还是会听从赫格塞斯部长的决定，一切以其指示为准。”联邦通信委员会发言人暂未对置评请求作出回应。美国广播公司、全国广播公司、哥伦比亚广播公司和福克斯新闻也尚未回应是否计划直播此次处决。
Carr told CNBC it was his understanding this would not air on broadcast TV. But asked if he would allow it to be aired, he said: "Ultimately we're going to defer to Secretary Hegseth and you know his decisions on how to move forward with this." An FCC spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox did not immediately respond to requests for comment on whether they are considering airing the execution.
本顿宽带与社会研究所高级顾问、FCC事务专家安德鲁·杰伊·施瓦茨曼指出，联邦通信委员会并无法律依据干预电视台关于是否直播处决的决定。
Andrew Jay Schwartzman, a senior counselor at the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society and expert on FCC issues, said there is no legal basis for the commission to intervene in a broadcaster's decision on whether to air a live execution.
他解释称：“无论是《通信法》还是宪法，均无任何条款赋予FCC强制要求或禁止电视台播出特定事件的权力。”他还强调：“除非涉及淫秽内容，否则FCC无权规定或禁止任何节目内容。”
"There is absolutely no justification in the Communications Act or the Constitution that would allow the FCC to tell broadcasters to carry or not carry an actual event," he said, adding, "there is no basis for the FCC to dictate content or to prohibit content short of obscenity."
联邦通信委员会2007年发布的电视暴力问题报告亦明确指出，该机构无权监管暴力类内容。报告阐明：“司法实践已确认，暴力言论及暴力画面均受宪法第一修正案保护。”
A 2007 report from the FCC on violence on television said the agency did not have the authority to regulate violent content. The report said "violent speech and depictions of violence have been found by the courts to be protected by the First Amendment."