The FCC Is Itching To Reopen The Nipplegate Case
Posted by: Kate Torgovnick
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12:20PM, Wednesday September 16th 2009
How retro. The FCC has proclaimed that it would like to “further investigate” Nipplegate, i.e., the moment in 2004 when Justin Timberlake pulled at Janet Jackson‘s costume during the Super Bowl halftime show, baring her pierced nipple and traumatizing children for years, even though a commercial for Viagra that made reference to a “four-hour erection” aired during the same program and apparently had no adverse effect. The FCC has brought their complaint all the way up to the Third District Appeals Court, hoping that the case can be reopened. “The evidence in this case strongly suggests that CBS had access to video delay technology at the time of the 2004 Super Bowl,” the FCC said. In other words, they think the nip slip was “willfull.” Really? Does anyone still care about this? And doesn’t our government have better things to be spending its time on? [Gawker]
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Emi
wrote on September 16 2009 @ 11:26 am: [report]
It’s a breast… OH THE HORROR.
effing hickster
wrote on September 16 2009 @ 11:27 am: [report]
Geez…if they’d just let it go, then it would be forgotten. There are so many visible “naughty bits” in the media today, that Jackson’s nipple is just a tiny ripple in a huge ocean of flesh.
twinkles
wrote on September 16 2009 @ 11:43 am: [report]
I swear, If these people could prevent babies from being born in the nude, they would.
bethlynn00
wrote on September 16 2009 @ 12:17 pm: [report]
Yeah, this that story is soooo old! Nobody even remembers that boobie! The FCC really needs to find something better to do, no one cares anymore, we’ve all moved on. They have to have more important cases to focus at the Appeals Court right?
xifeng882
wrote on September 16 2009 @ 12:22 pm: [report]
Is there a legitimate reason the FCC thinks that this is so important? No one actually cares about this event anymore and if people do they really need to pull the stick out of their asses. Its useless stuff like this that clogs up our systems of appeals and destroys the ability for our government to run properly.
bogart4017
wrote on September 16 2009 @ 12:44 pm: [report]
3 words….
letergo!!!
Katrina
wrote on September 16 2009 @ 07:44 pm: [report]
I find the idea of a four-hour erection quite frightening to contemplate…kind of how I imagine men must imagine the idea of menstrual cramps.
And seriously, is there nothing better for the FCC to be doing? Isn’t there music to be censored or video games to ban or something that’s actually current, as opposed to a 5-year-old scandal?
ootie
wrote on September 17 2009 @ 12:52 pm: [report]
If this was a publicity ploy, even the people that planned it must be absolutely amazed at its effectiveness.
Sparkknock
wrote on October 5 2009 @ 01:51 pm: [report]
. . . . it’s just a boob. Why all the hubbub over
a silly ‘funbag’. Why not jus let any celeb on
prime time TV, sport their shaved poon in beaver
mode whenever they felt the need? Why not ‘can’ all
the reg’s and guidelines for good? Seriously though,
what erk’s me is the never ending ‘delay’ that this
braindead stunt caused. Almost every conversation
between 2 or more, is delayed now, and might remain
so for the forseeable future. Wow..what a pain.
Whoever scripted this caper, should be skinned.
This is gonna be a VERY different town to live in
some day soon. SNAFU for all. Can’t wait for that.!