What country are you living in? Look: the only times you will hear swearing on tv in the US are on pay channels like HBO/Showtime/Cinemax/Movie Channel/PPV etc, or after 10pm when the smaller children should be sleeping. The swearing you hear on broadcast/cable tv after 10 pm is mild and almost never includes the word "fuck" (or the "F Bomb", as you so quaintly put it). As far as movies go, the vast majority of the major releases are rated PG-13 and include the the same mild language that tv after 10pm does. The biggest boxoffice draws are usually the lame computer-animated kiddie fare like Shrek and Shark Tale where tired parents can keep their kids occupied.
Now as for their being no comedians that do not swear, once again you are wrong. Their are folks like Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Cosby, Ellen DeGeneres, and Ray Romano who do not curse. The only problem is, every one I just mentioned is lame. Are they lame because they do not swear? Well, yes and no. It's not their being clean that makes them lame, it's the pious way they go about it. I know for certain that both Cosby and Seinfeld have both talked about how much better they are than the likes of Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Chris Rock, etc. because they (Seinfeld and Cosby) do not swear while the other choose to work blue. Also, it isn't the cursing that makes George Carlin funnier than Bill Cosby; it's the much more relevant, timely, and funny material.
Just because a person curses from time to time does not mean their vocabulary is stunted. I will meet you half-way and say that there are unintelligent people out there who constantly curse. I'm sure all of us have at least one of these people in our family or lives, the person who has to say "fuck" or "shit" or something simular every other word. These people drive me crazy, but the same can be said for someone who uses the word "like" in the same way.
There is an alarmingly frightening movement in this country that I like to call the Regression Movement. These people, mostly right-wing religious zealots who happen to be in power, would like to turn back the clock to the days before Lenny Bruce, when the word "damn" was considered too strong to be broadcast. The problem is, you cannot go back. In order to mentally evolve we need to Progress, not Regress. Try taking the sting out of those words. After all, they aren't swearing at you personally.
To wrap this rant up in a tidy little bow, there is plenty of kiddie or "family" fare out there for those who are easily offended like yourself. Not only is there the Disney Channel, numerous "edutainment" channels, Nickelodeon and so on, pay channels like HBO have "family" channels. So don't tell me television is nothing but a cess pool and a breeding ground for vulgar language.
If you don't like what's on, you have three options: 1. Pop in a DVD/video tape, 2. change the channel, or ( and this is the most important one) 3. TURN OFF THE FUCKING TELEVISION!
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