NBC had a number of guidelines for what radio shows could and could not contain. This volume Broadcasting in the Public Interest, from 1939, outlines those rules. This first 'Standards and Practices' booklet soon became yet another standard throughout the industry. It was 6 by 9 inches and is 80 pages long.
Involuntary manslaughter usually refers to an unintentional killing that results from recklessness or criminal negligence, or from an unlawful act that is a misdemeanor or low-level felony (such as a DUI).
wanton, and reckless, that are difficult to define and to apply: Gross negligence is defined ... as an intentional failure to. perform a manifest duty in reckless disregard of the conseÂ­. quences as affecting the life or property of another, and also. implies a thoughtless disregard of the consequences without.