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A standing rule among broadcast professionals is to never minimize or mock domestic violence.

Over 10 million incidents of domestic abuse are believed to occur annually, with victims seeking help less than 40% of the time. It is also common knowledge among broadcasters that every program that calls serious attention to domestic violence elicits responses from many victims, some of whom seek help.

To minimize or mock abuse is to add to the burden of the victims desperately trying to figure out an exit from their peril.

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This is widely understood, as are other longstanding rules of FCC-licensed broadcasting, most of which

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