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Sunday's Super Bowl XXXVIII between the New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers featured more than just a titillating winning-field-goal finish: Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake's performance at halftime included Jackson's bared right breast when Timberlake ripped a piece from her costume. CBS quickly switched to another camera, but the incident was nonetheless relayed to an estimated 140 million viewers. In statements after the Super Bowl, Jackson, Timberlake, MTV (which produced the halftime show) and CBS all apologized to the public, with Timberlake calling the incident a "wardrobe malfunction" and Jackson saying the decision...
...punishment, it probably should be handed down to Justin and Janet but not to the networks. The action was intentional on [Timberlake and Jackson's] part and the act was premeditated and withheld from the networks that hired them. While the harm might be considered minimal by some, the act was apparently for shock value and at the least, was in very poor taste. Dennis Astley Bryan, Ohio...
...Jackson and Timberlake all should be heavily fined! The Super Bowl is a family show, not a strip show. The disgusting exploitation of women for money and ratings continues. If it had been a man's penis shown, I bet there would be a lot more people up in arms. The FCC has been asleep at the wheel for years. The entire halftime show was tacky, to include Kid Rock defacing the American flag. Sharon Hickey Houston, Texas...
...While I wasn't offended, I'm glad my grandchildren weren't sitting next to me. That applies to most of the half-time show. It would be interesting to see the effect if all municipalities where the show was aired were to levy fines against MTV, NBC, Jackson, Timberlake, et al. for indecent exposure. Might clean TV up somewhat. Mike Spengel Mililani Town, Hawaii...
...still nominally a music channel. But in the era of J. Lo and American Idol, The Osbournes and the Michael Jackson circus, being a music channel does not mean being about only music. Says MTV Networks Group president Judy McGrath: "Music culture is now a place where you'll find Liza Minnelli and OutKast and the Queer Eye guys on the same stage." So a popular VH1 subgenre is shows about current celebrity culture only tangentially related to music--Fabulous Life of ..., 100 Hottest Hotties and so on. "I was in Puerto Rico at our sales meeting," says VH1 president...