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no one in their right mind would accidentally rip the breast-coverage off one of the most famous pop stars in front of all of america.. then again who would do it on purpose?
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lawsuit was withdrawn. My favorite part was this: "Carlin retains the right to refile the suit if self-policing by broadcasters and fines by regulators do not accomplish what she was after." LMAO She's a litigating vigilante! uit Over Janet Jackson Breast Stunt Withdrawn Tue February 10, 2004 12:39 PM ET By Michael Conlon CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Tennessee woman has withdrawn a suit against singer Janet Jackson and others involved in her breast-baring Super Bowl show until she sees if broadcasters and regulators are able to clean up television themselves, court papers showed on Tuesday. The suit filed last week in Knoxville, Tennessee, by Terri Carlin, had sought class action status and damages for millions of viewers who might have been exposed to what she said was lewd and inappropriate conduct by Jackson and others at the halftime event. The suit had named pop star Justin Timberlake, who performed with Jackson, CBS Broadcasting Inc., show producer MTV Networks Enterprises Inc., and the parent of those two companies, Viacom Inc. . It had asked the court to order a halt to offensive programing during hours when children are watching and to award damages for as many as 80 million U.S. viewers based on revenues from the show and how much the entertainers were paid. The withdrawal notice filed in federal court on Monday said Carlin retains the right to refile the suit if self-policing by broadcasters and fines by regulators do not accomplish what she was after The notice said Carlin's law firm, Ritchie, Fels and Dillard, which was handling the case for free, was flooded with calls and mail from parents in nearly every state. It also said that she recognized that damages, had they been awarded, were likely to have been nominal given the number of potential victims -- perhaps amounting to no more than the price of a month's cable TV subscription per person. But if damages had been awarded, it said, wanton disregard of broadcast regulations would become cost prohibitive for violators. Meanwhile the suit has been shelved "until it is determined whether the remedial measures recently announced by corporate defendants, the potential Federal Communications Commission sanctions and perhaps the passage of stronger enforcement provisions will prevent further similar conduct." During the halftime show Timberlake tore off half of Jackson's black leather bustier, exposing her right breast, while the two were singing a duet. Jackson took the blame but said "it was not my intention that it go as far as it did." Timberlake apologized for the incident when he appeared on Sunday's Grammy Awards broadcast, for which CBS used a delay to censor anything untoward from reaching viewers. ABC also said it will use a delay on its Feb. 29 broadcast of the Academy Awards. © Reuters 2004. All Rights Reserved. |
Given the litigious nature of the US at the moment, do people think that the class action would have been allowed to proceed through the court system? Surely not?
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Heh..I missed it.. not that I would have wanted to see it..but it still is rather humerous.
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Maybe she was trying to take some attention from her bro, Mike. Trying to get the family name alittle dirtier.
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Zzzzzzzzzzzz: Even though it has been more than a week since the now infamous Justin Timberlake/Janet Jackson halftime debacle, and even though every news outlet known to man has beat the piss out of the proverbial dead horse, people still can't seem to get over the fact that a woman's tit was shown on live TV. Oh the mortification!!! Yes television, the most wholesome, educational entertainment outlet available, has now been forever sullied by the two-second exposure of Ms. Jackson's cyborg breast. Even my mom, who is usually pretty hip about things, got seriously butt hurt about this whole situation. What's offensive to me is that 89 million people reserved their Sunday to watch grown men play with a f-ing ball and run headlong into each other for four hours. Actually, I guess that only happens for about an hour. The other three were filled with calls to mindless consumerism (at $3 million a minute) and even a word from our Great Leader regarding the all-important domestic issue of football. Shouldn't these barking dogs of morality be considering why, on their beloved Sabbath, those families who are "outraged" by the tit-shot weren't spending their time in quiet reflection of the Bible's teachings? Anyways, the world turns...
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I was in Vegas for the superbowl at a private party with free drinks, so by halftime, I was figuring out if I could still win on my bets and about....no wait...drunk, yeah drunk. Anyway I just happened to look up from my beer about 10 secs before the tit came out and i was like....was that.....nah, and went back to my beer. I was actually watching the news the next day when I actually heard that it was. I was like SWEET!! JUSTIN ISN'T A PUNK AFTER ALL! HE IS THE MAN :O
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She needs attention to sell records.
I can not find one person to name three of her songs without looking them up. I figured her brother is going to jail and the Jackson family needs the money for court cost. |
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"The truth is that Ms. McGrath makes her living as an impresario of soft-core (albeit legal) kiddy porn."
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Nearly everyone on Earth thinks of themselves as noble.
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I only read the first two pages on this thread, so excuse me if this has already been mentioned...but I've got two things to say.
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In my opinion the public trust by broascasters was in fact violated by the antics in question. Not all judges have Solomonic wisdom, or guts.
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It's just a nipple, we all have them....
If the grown ups weren't so afraid of them, the few kids probably wouldn't have even noticed. if the children are really upset by a single fucking nipple, seems more like a failure by the parents than the network. |
wow, thanks, I never was able to find a tape of that show, I was studdying organic chem at school when it all went down
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The fines are very low-ball but the official rebuke is necessary: ......................................................................................... CBS gets record fine over Jackson's breast Sat September 04, 2004 03:21 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission is set to impose a record $550,000 (310,000 pounds) indecency fine against CBS-owned stations for their broadcast of singer Janet Jackson's breast-bearing incident during January's Super Bowl, the Washington Post reports. The newspaper report, which cited unnamed FCC sources, said on Saturday the agency was expected to vote unanimously for the fine, which would be the largest levied against a television broadcaster. The amount represents a $27,500 fine for each of the 20 television stations owned by CBS, which in turn is owned by Viacom Inc, the paper said. The decision could be released as early as next week, the paper said. Excluded from the fines are CBS's more than 200 affiliate stations, which also aired the half-time show during the National Football League championship game. Although the vote was expected to be unanimous, some commissioners are expected to say the fines are not severe enough, the newspaper said. It said the exclusion for affiliate stations was one source of disagreement among the five-member FCC, citing unnamed sources familiar with the agency's deliberations. A spokesman for the FCC would not comment on the pending ruling, the paper said. "We would be extremely disappointed," CBS said in a statement issued to the newspaper. "While we regret that the incident occurred, and have apologised to our viewers, we continue to believe that nothing in the Super Bowl broadcast violated indecency laws." |
The public trust was violated long before Janet showed off her piercing-allowing a song that included the line 'i'll have you naked by the time this song is over' during a show that was termed as 'wholesome American family entertainment' was a ridiculous lapse of judgement. The fine should include that and they payment have been more accordingly. (Lord knows I'm not a prude, but if standards are set, they should be met(my apologies to Johnny Cochran)).
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I didnt realize that michael had breast
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They're still dealing with this? It was just a breast, people. Jeez.
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