Dean Calls FCC Probe of Breast Incident 'Silly'

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Sometimes a breast is just a breast.
Howard Dean, a physician and a Democratic presidential candidate, on Monday dismissed as "silly" a government inquiry into whether indecency rules were broken during the broadcast of the Super Bowl halftime show when pop diva Janet Jackson's bodice was ripped to expose her right breast.

"I find that to be a bit of a flap about nothing," the former Vermont governor said. "I'm probably affected in some ways by the fact that I'm a doctor, so it's not exactly an unusual phenomenon for me."

During the break in the National Football League's championship game, singer Justin Timberlake reached for Jackson as they sang a duet and tore off part of her black leather bustier.

Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell promised a "thorough and swift" investigation of the stunt aired during one of the most popular American television broadcasts, which also attracts a major worldwide audience.

"In general, I think the FCC does have a role in promoting some reasonable standard of decency," Dean told reporters aboard his campaign plane. "However, considering what's on television these days, I think the FCC is being pretty silly about investigating this."

http://news.myway.com/politics/article/id/382818|politics|02-03-2004::00:07|reuters.html

I totally agree.

Personally, it would be no big deal if I were to have seen it (I don't watch football), but I'm an adult. If a family with young kids is sitting around the TV watching a family show, which is what the Superbowl is, they shouldn't have to worry about this sort of thing, esp. during prime time. There were also a couple of commercials that crossed the line.

I hope the FCC socks it to all involved. That was no accident. And it's because of idiots like those involved that we'll be stuck with stricter rules regarding media content. Way to go, fellas.

It's perfectly OK to show Fear Factor contestants eating alligator brains straight from the head, but show a woman's breast...well that's just going TOO FAR!:eyes:

The major media outlets, NFL, religious groups were supposedly so outraged, that they kept playing over, and over, and over, and over, and over again the tit scene to make sure we saw it.

I love the hypocrisy...

Between the violence of the football, erectile dysfuntion drugs, and horses farting on a woman, I can understand why CBS did not want to play the move-on.org add on the budget deficeit. It was too offensive...

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