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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    Feb-10 2:54 pm  
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     Another CBS Travesty 

Feb. 11, 2004                by Phyllis Schlafly

CBS paid big bucks for the television rights to come into the living
rooms of 100 million Americans on Super Bowl Sunday. But public
response to the thrilling last moments of a truly exciting football
game may be overwhelmed by public disgust at CBS's airing of
indecency during the half- time entertainment. 

CBS-TV proved again that it is determined to offend our moral
sensibilities and trash our culture. The shocking primetime display of
Janet Jackson's breast, decorated for maximum eye-catching
attraction, was undoubtedly deliberate. 

Performer Justin Timberlake issued this statement afterwards. "I am
sorry that anyone was offended by the wardrobe malfunction during
the half-time performance of the Super Bowl. It was not intentional." 

His statement is not credible. Moments before pulling off the covering
to expose Janet's bare breast during the song "Rock Your Body,"
Timberlake sang these lyrics: "I'm gonna have you naked by the end
of this song." 

That's exactly what he did. The song's lyrics described exactly what
was to come moments later. Janet's bare breast was accentuated by
a metallic sun-shaped eight-pointed star with a cutout for the nipple. 

Of course it wasn't a wardrobe malfunction at all. Her garment had to
have been carefully stitched and cut to come off quickly and exactly
as it was intended to tear, no more, no less. 

MTV issued this statement. "The tearing of Janet Jackson's costume
was unrehearsed, unplanned, completely unintentional." MTV's
alleged apology is not believable because for hours before the Super
Bowl, MTV was advertising that "Janet's Shocking Moments" were
scheduled to air during Super Bowl half-time. 

It's impossible to believe that the half-time entertainment was not
carefully scripted, down to the last millisecond. Every 30 seconds of
precious Super Bowl time has a market value in excess of two million
dollars. 

CBS can't duck responsibility for Viacom's MTV. It's CBS's sister
outlet and the half-time entertainment was full of sexual lyrics and
objectionable simulated behavior. 

Drudge reported that "the decision to go forward went to the very top
of the network," as indeed it must have. It's always been CBS's
policy to exercise dictatorial control over everything that is aired, and
it's impossible to believe that this outrage wasn't cleared at the top. 

CBS is the same network that several months ago tried to air a
malicious, full-of-false-dialogue caricature of Ronald and Nancy
Reagan (fortunately, CBS retreated after tens of thousands of angry
emails). CBS's track record reveals not merely "Bias," as
documented in Bernard Goldberg's book; CBS is determined to move
America politically to the left and culturally to the sexually deviant. 

We expect the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to
enforce the decency laws passed by Congress. CBS-TV and MTV
should be severely fined and punished, including denying CBS the
opportunity to broadcast future Super Bowl games. 

And we want to hear something more substantive from President
Bush than a White House spokesman telling us that Bush didn't see
the offensive performance because he had dozed off. After all, the
President's obligation is to see that the laws are faithfully executed,
and he should see that the FCC does its duty in aggressively
enforcing television decency laws. 

The radical Muslims who criticize our culture as degraded and
demoralizing now have new proof for their charges. Who is going to
answer them? 

Fortunately, FCC Chairman Michael Powell said, "I am outraged at
what I saw during the halftime show of the Super Bowl. Like millions
of Americans, my family and I gathered around the television for a
celebration. Instead, that celebration was tainted by a classless,
crass and deplorable stunt. Our nation's children, parents and
citizens deserve better." 

Powell told the commission to open an investigation, promising it
would be "thorough and swift." Such an investigation could result in a
fine of up to $27,500 or, if the FCC applies the sanction to each CBS
station, in the millions. 

In recent years, the FCC has been lax in enforcing the decency laws,
so we hope Powell will act on his outrage this time. The Super Bowl
is supposed to be the preeminent family entertainment night of the
year, and it's completely unacceptable for American families to be
assaulted by obscenity in the middle of a football game. 

If the FCC is to retain any credibility it must take action against CBS
for this unprecedented, carefully scripted, pre-announced shocker
during the most-watched television show of the year. 


Read this column online:
http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2004/feb04/04-02-11.html

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   From:  David (DavidABrown)    Mar-5 7:18 pm  
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  800.2 in reply to 800.1  
 
> A man's  good comment about the Half time show - 
> 
> A letter To CBS Regarding Super Bowl Half Time Show 
> 
> Below is a copy of letter sent to CBS by a John Thurman of Worland,
> Wyoming. I think it is
> an outstanding response and that he speaks for a lot of Americans. 
> 
> Subject:  My (John Thurman's) comments on the half time show.  Note -
> I'll be sending this
> to my local paper, the FCC, CBS, Senators Thomas and Enzi, and
> Congresswoman Cubin. 
> Feel free to forward this to your friends. I don't normally do the big
> e-mail thing, but I
> really feel CBS missed the point. Sorry if you think I'm a nut. I'll
> just have to live with the
> consequences. 
> John Thurman 
> 
> What was really wrong with SuperBowl Sunday? 
> February 3, 2004 
> To the senior management of CBS: 
> 
> I, along with millions of other Americans, was disgusted with many
> aspects of CBS's Super
> Bowl production. By now, we have read many news stories about Janet
> Jackson's right
> breast. That was a cheap and degrading publicity stunt, and I'm sure
> Congress and the
> FCC will deal with it properly. But, the problems with CBS's programming
> go much deeper
> than that. 
> 
> Before the game, I read news stories indicating the Super Bowl is the
> most widely
> watched television event in the world, with an estimated world-wide
> audience of 2 billion
> people. In that context, CBS should have realized its obligation to
> represent America to
> the world. This isn't just a football game; this is the United States of
> America on display for
> the rest of the planet. 
> 
> So, how did CBS choose to present us to the world? With a half-time show
> of vile,
> tasteless, disgusting acts.  The entire episode, start to finish, filled
> me with revulsion. But,
> really, what else did we expect? I'm an American, and, since I was a
> child in diapers, I've
> been fed mindless, disgusting drivel through the so-called entertainment
> medium of
> broadcast television. By now, I'm used to it, and I, like the rest of
> America, will get over it.
> The network will pay some fines, Janet Jackson will temporarily revive
> her rapidly declining
> career, Nellie will keep grabbing his Willie, and Kid Rock will continue
> to be famous for
> being a bizarre example of white trash. Such is life in the USA. 
> 
> But, what really bothers me is that, after reading all of the news
> stories, I find that CBS
> still doesn't realize what they did, and why it was wrong. 
> 
> Well, CBS - here is why: American soldiers are engaged in a culture war
> in Iraq and
> Afghanistan. At this point in the battle, it's no longer our armies
> against their armies; it's
> our ideas of freedom and liberty against the enemy's ideas of fear and
> repression. America
> has put out a message of hope to the world - live free, have hope, and
> enjoy the fruits of
> a free and open democratic society. The Super Bowl half-time show
> poisoned that
> message. Given the opportunity to share the best of America with the
> world, the shows
> producers instead chose to showcase the vilest, narrowest, most
> hedonistic aspects of
> our culture - and it was broadcast to the biggest world-wide audience
> CBS will have all
> year.  
> 
> You could have showcased the best of America. Instead, you glamorized
> the worst. 
> 
> But what of free expression, one might ask? If showcasing free
> expression and the rights
> of political dissent were on the agenda, the Dixie Chicks would have
> performed at center
> stage, rather than Nellie holding his wiener and Janet flashing her
> pasty. CBS had the
> opportunity to positively portray the character of America to a
> world-wide audience of
> some 2 billion people. CBS squandered this perfect opportunity to take
> the moral high
> ground, and instead chose to titillate (pardon me) its audience with a
> program whose
> entire content bordered on the edge of smut. 
> 
> Well, CBS, I don't know what's worse; that you hurt the war effort by
> giving such obvious
> moral ammunition to the recruiters of Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, and the
> Taliban, or that
> you didn't even realize you'd done it. Perhaps that's the saddest
> observation on your
> half-baked half-time show. Your apologists still think it's about a
> boob. I think I can tell
> you, it's about much more than that. It's about America's image on the
> world stage. 
> 
> Please hire some employees possessing the most basic understanding of
> manners, 
> morals, and good taste. And take the time to consider the implications
> of your
> programming on your entire, world-wide audience. This really is
> important. Our soldier's
> lives may depend on it. 
> 
> Sincerely, 
> John Thurman 
> Worland, Wyoming
> 



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