You cant say that!

Have you noticed how TV has changed since the superbowl "wardrobe malfunction". Just before that happened TV writers were always testing the limits of acceptable. Have we regressed in the rights of freedom of expression?
I can remember when Bart Simpson was getting his start on our TV set. A simple little cartoon skit on the Traci Ulman show. As a teen-aged boy, this was very a intriguing piece of television history. Bart Simpson paved the way for the ultimate testing of the FCC. Starting out with "Eat my shorts" and then pushing the limits with other words. Obviously now, this controversial cartoon became popular in America. It is still on the air today running new episodes every season. The Simpson's has opened the door for Family Guy, and American Dad. This simple little skit opened a revolution of sorts on the broadcasting language and actions in America.
It was not just the television that was rampant with free speech. The radio was full of vulgar thoughts actions, and words. Shock jocks were all the rave. We had Howard stern on free broadcast radio. Every step of the way saying what he wished when he wished. The people listened. The people loved every minute of it. Tom Leykis, ran a "school" for single men. People either loved him or hated him. Tom openly admitted he followed his demographic. That was it. He was giving both the people who listened and the people who payed him what they wanted. We came a long way with freedom of expression since the fifties. Only for it all to be taken away a short time later. The FCC placed huge fines on networks that used foul language or insinuated sexual content. A list of words were never to be used and another list of context was not to be implied.
I really love "South Park". So much can be said and done when you are a cartoon. Every single cliche is picked on, displayed , and beat into the ground. It was so much more free and clear with out the beeps and blurs. Even the pay networks are all cleaned up.
We are supposed to be the land of the free. Able to speak our minds. Able to express ourselves. I guess we are, as long as we keep it to ourselves. Why cant Americans choose their own level of subjection?