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February 05, 2004

Come on, guys. This has gotten stupid

On a certain level I couldn't care less. But guys…you can't handle a 80 year old human teat?

Super Bowl Fallout Still Shaking Things Up
Janet Jackson no longer will participate in Sunday's Grammy Awards, a source says.
By Lynn Smith
Times Staff Writer

February 5, 2004

A Pro Bowl halftime performance was scrapped. A five-minute delay was imposed on the Grammy Awards telecast. A shot of an elderly woman's breast was deleted from tonight's episode of "ER" on NBC. And producers of the Academy Awards show decided to use a short delay in the live broadcast.

The fallout from the Super Bowl halftime show continued Wednesday as major broadcast networks scrambled to shield themselves from potential fines in the growing clamor over nudity and profanity on TV.

As for Janet Jackson, whose breast-baring stunt set off the uproar, she will no longer participate as planned in Sunday's Grammy Awards ceremony on CBS, a person close to the singer said.

Jackson's Super Bowl dance mate, Justin Timberlake, was still scheduled late Wednesday to perform on the show.

Posted by P6 at February 5, 2004 09:29 AM
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This is misleading, because of this part:

The fallout from the Super Bowl halftime show continued Wednesday as major broadcast networks scrambled to shield themselves from potential fines in the growing clamor over nudity and profanity on TV.

That's bullshit. They are trying to protect themselves from pissed off viewers. If they could get ratings from thumbing thier nose at the FCC and just paying the fines, they would. (Think Mark Cuban.) The reality is that the FCC is getting involved because people are pissed off. The FCC doesn't investigate until someone makes a complaint (I remember that from when I worked in broadcast) and they don't get this involved unless they get a lot of complaints.

Posted by Phelps at February 5, 2004 01:15 PM

P6, I agree with your take exactly. Personally, I could care less, but this is being blown so out of proportion it isn't even funny.

Afghanis freaked out when a woman appeared unveiled to sing on TV; the only difference between that and this is in what the different cultures consider inappropriate.

Posted by Al-Muhajabah at February 5, 2004 05:01 PM

AM is right that is just what the different cultures consider inappropriate; the thing to remember is that this isn't about the FCC -- this is about Janet Jackson trying to push culture one way, and the culture pushing back. It isn't just a couple of fuddy-duddies getting the vapors over a little bit of ankle. It was a major violation of cultural norms.

Posted by Phelps at February 5, 2004 07:57 PM

For once Phelps and I agree on something. The world is going to end soon.

Posted by James R MacLean at February 6, 2004 04:10 AM