One should hope the Federal Communications Commission battle to go after
fleeting
indecency keeps going. Maybe some day, it'll get to the real truth and lies in our TV lives.
Right now, it's
focuses on the big mistake. Seems that no one is entitled to make one of this. All is punishable. Talent on live television shows may regret momentary improv-ed word choices. The truth is: experiences
on television are all fleeting.
You may want to see old episodes of "Alias" and "Joan of
Arcadia" occasionally. But all this disappears quickly. If the FCC wants to worrying about bad fleeting TV stuff, it needs to cast a wider net.
Janet Jackson's breast? Not exactly too sure I remember what it looked like during the dim and strobes of that half-time entertainment. I'm sure it was
presentable. But not for the family entertainment we know as the NFL. You know that game -- crunchingly, indecent-looking 300-pound-plus lineman violently pounding each other, swearing quarterbacks,
skimpy-dressed cheerleaders.
It's a regular Hallmark Channel.
The NFL as a TV franchise looking for big contract renewals -- wants to eke out a few more bucks, going to an 18 game schedule from the
present 16 game lineup. Surely, TV advertising sales executives will be happy. CBS, for example, has said its upcoming season NFL TV ad revenue
performance is perhaps its best on record. That's a sign TV marketers only want a lot more.
And not just with
the NFL.
Strong national TV sales, which grabbed near double-digit program price increases for TV networks this upfront,
seemingly have continued with the
fourth-quarter scatter market, notching up additional 5% to 6% price
hikes over pricing just set for the new season with the upfront ad market this past June.
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No doubt TV advertisers would say this is all indecent -- taking us back to the
wild and woolly 1990s TV advertising markets. Let's find more rude stuff to complain about.
Any idea how next year's lockout will affect longer term projections?
Since you mentioned it: The ripping off of a woman's clothing to expose, even to mimic exposing, is a violent act, not sexual. This is a criminal act and should still be held as such. No matter what the director or anyone else tells the entertainers to do, it was their decision whether to act upon it. Ultimately, Justin Timberlake should be held responsible for attempted rape. The others held as conspirators. That would be a better message to send that a measley fine.
Great satire. Especially Paula's characterization of radical feminist ideology gone wild. Yes, let's arrest Justin Timberlake and put him on the sex offender list.