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"Clearly, Janet Jackson’s halftime performance was tasteless and imprudent. This assertion cannot be disputed. The entire routine was lacking in class or subtlety, but then again, so is contemporary popular culture. While Jackson’s motivations are certainly understandable and legitimate, she unthinkingly chose the wrong audience for her stunt, failing to make the distinction between the always racy MTV Music Video Awards and the more wholesome Super Bowl. CBS and the NFL have every right to be furious at both Janet Jackson and MTV, to uninvite Jackson from the Grammy Awards and to refrain from allowing MTV to produce another halftime show in the future. Similarly, viewers have every right to be disappointed in CBS. This does not mean that the FCC and politicians should step in and impose their own standards on the American public. Broadcasters and performers have the right to free speech, and Americans have the right to be exposed to all ideologies and subsequently create their own meanings, rather than have Michael Powell and the government chose a dominant ideology on their behalf and deprive them of anything they might find offensive. Perhaps consumers need to be offended from time to time in order to encourage active consumption and negotiation rather than passive consumption and cultural domination."
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"Goddammit, Malone!" He shouted, slamming his hand down. "When I tell you to work a case, you work the case! That boob is still out there walking the streets-- waving its sunburst nipple ring around. Find out who’s responsible and bring ‘em in!"
"Fine," I said with a grin. "But if I’m on this, I’m going to take it wherever it leads. No matter how high up. And whatever shit comes, you better back me up." I stormed out of his office before he could get a word in edgewise. I knew I had carte blanche to crack this sucker, as usually. I went to my desk and picked up my two best friends in the world, a colt .45 and a flask of Jameson. One was loaded; the other would do the same for me. I knew by the end of the day, I would need them both. That’s how it is when you’re with FCC.
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The F-C-C doesn't care about local radio being destroyed by corporate chains gobbling up radio stations across the country and putting the same shit on the air in every city.
The F-C-C doesn't care about local NEWS being destroyed as same chains eliminate local newsrooms (I used to do five newscasts an hour for five different cities out of my one studio). I mean, who's going to inform the public in case of disaster?
The F-C-C doesn't care about local T-V news being turned into beauty pageants with talking head anchors showing as much boob and leg and possible.
The F-C-C doesn't care about all those things, which, in turn, ensures that the PUBLIC airwaves are being turned into trash.
But they care about...a NIPPLE? A NIPPLE? A FIVE YEAR OLD NIPPLE?
Excuse me while I go bang my head against my mic.
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This election could not have come at a better time. THIS IS WHY WE VOTE, PEOPLE.
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Aereolas, that is.
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