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CBS will pay big for Janet's breast

by Anna Johns, posted Jun 1st 2006 8:05AM

janet jackson; super bowl; wardrobe malfunction; justin timberlake; fcc; cbsThe FCC denied CBS' second appeal of a hefty fine for the now-notorious "wardrobe malfunction" at the 2004 Super Bowl. I'm sure we all remember where we were when, during the half-time performance, Justin Timberlake ripped off Janet Jackson's breast patch to reveal her bare boob and some sort of sun-like nipple ring. The incident touched off a fury among many Americans over indecency on television. After its second appeal, the FCC has ordered CBS to pay a $550,000 fine for the bare breast incident. The FCC concluded that the show was indecent and that the so-called wardrobe malfunction was, in fact, "willful".

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Falstaff

It's an awful shame that this should even be an issue, given the fact that parents and individuals already have the TV ratings and content-blocking tools necessary to make and enforce their own TV viewing decisions.

TV Watch has the answers, at www.televisionwatch.org.

July 05 2006 at 2:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
KI-KI 23

PEOPLE PLEASE LET THIS SITUATION GO. COME ON NOW THIS SHIT HAPPENED 2 YEARS AGO. PEOPLE BUY BREAST EVERYDAY!! PEOPLE ARE JUST TOO MONEY HUNGRY. PLEASE LET THIS SHIT GO!!!!

June 08 2006 at 3:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gordy

It has happenned already, Erica. Months before the superbowl, a news report from a Cowboy's locker room erred in showing a football player [ironically enough] who walked right behind the reporter. It bounced and everything.

June 02 2006 at 10:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jen

Erica - I'm with you.

June 02 2006 at 1:59 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Erica

I'm still waiting for an "accidentally" exposed penis, so we can move past this.

June 01 2006 at 7:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gordy

It's not like they'll go broke if they just pay the damned thing.

June 01 2006 at 4:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brent McKee

The question shouldn't be whether or not it was "willful", it should be whether or not anyone at CBS, or indeed anyone in charge of preduction of the halftime show actually knew that Justin and Janet were going to do it. If CBS didn't know ahead of time what was going to happen then why should htey be fined?

June 01 2006 at 4:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bex

I think CBS should tell the FCC to F off. What would happen if they didn't pay the fine? Probably nothing.

June 01 2006 at 2:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
etana

Wow. I can't believe that this is still news. Yes. There was a boob exposed. Big freaking deal. Isn't this old news by now?

June 01 2006 at 1:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tucker

"Gentlemen, we received 20 phone calls about the incident. And as you know, one call equals a million people, so that means 20 million people were offended!"

June 01 2006 at 12:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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