MTV Statement on Super Bowl XXXVIII Halftime Incident

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[Bush Cheney]

HOUSTON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The tearing of Janet Jackson's costume was unrehearsed, unplanned, completely unintentional and was inconsistent with assurances we had about the content of the performance.

MTV regrets this incident occurred and we apologize to anyone who was offended by it.

[Bush Cheney]

Yes, but hiring all those losers to appear at the halftime show was completely "intentional".

[Always Right]

HOUSTON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The tearing of Janet Jackson's costume was unrehearsed, unplanned, completely unintentional and was inconsistent with assurances we had about the content of the performance.

That's why the outfit was specially made with a tear-away section and Janet just happen to have a pastie underneath. Completely 'unplanned'.

[OXENinFLA]

http://www.wlsam.com/listenlive.asp

[Elle Bee]

The following are Viacom owned companies. A conservative parent's worst nightmare.

Remember Simon & Schuster who paid Hillary $8 million for her book & CBS did that lovely hatchet job on President Reagan with Mr. Streisand.

It all makes sense.

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[Iowa Granny]

That's why the outfit was specially made with a tear-away section and Janet just happen to have a pastie underneath. Completely 'unplanned'.

B I N G O ! !

Who do they think they're kidding?

[Pan_Yans Wife]

LOL

It was worse than that. It wasn't a pastie, it was "jewlery".

[OldFriend]

Janet Jackson's indecent exposure was planned and completely consistent with the values of MTV/VIACOM/CBS

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Actually it wasn't a pastie, it was a metallic nipple ring. (Close-up posted on Drudge.)

[Physicist]

That was the worst half-time show ever, more musically disjointed than a record ad on TV. Even the naked breast was a crashing bore.

[angkor]

Crotch grabbing. Lyrics such as "I want to touch your body, take your clothes off", and multiple drug references. Dancers wearing lingerie and jockstraps.

Forget about the boob. This "show" was an in-your-face disgrace from start to finish.

[freeangel]

Yep. MTV regrets this incident so much that they are touting it on their home page under the title of janet jackson gets nasty or some such thing.

[mewzilla]

The website was touting it before it happened.

[dirtboy]

The tearing of Janet Jackson's costume was unrehearsed, unplanned, completely unintentional and was inconsistent with assurances we had about the content of the performance.

Well, we now know where Bill Clinton's former attorneys are working...

[whereasandsoforth]

This explains why on last year's "TV Land Awards" they showed a 20 second clip from "The Golden Girls" that slams Pat Robertson. "The Golden Girls" was on for seven years. That was the 20 seconds out of over 200 episodes they picked to replay tp the nation. It's amazing how thorough they are with their coinsidences.

[Diogenesis]

This was planned, rehearsed, and PRed BEFORE it was performed.

PIMP-TV [previously CBS] milked a fortune from it.

[cynicom]

Is lying a sin????

[corlorde]

Great Point. The tit popping out I can forgive, the music choices, I cannot Lmao..

[Judith Anne]

MTV's statement is about as believable as "my dog ate my homework." I think they're revelling in the outrage of middle Americans and patting themselves on the back for all the free publicity.

I think they're putrid. I feel sorry for any little girl or boy who thinks Jackson and Timberlake are cool...

An America where this could happen is not the America I grew up in, this "freedom" is not the freedom that our soldiers fought and died for, and I am outraged that this made it onto television with 133,000,000 watchers.

Janet Jackson's behavior and Justin Timberlake's behavior are indefensible. Not because of the sight of a breast, not because of a cheap publicity stunt, but because this belongs in a strip joint, NOT on broadcast television in the half-time show of a major football game. It was inappropriate and planned, OBVIOUSLY. One more reason to never watch the alphabet networks, as if I needed one.

[7thson]

As soon as the first half ended, my wife and I changed channels to FNC and caught up on the news. Thirty minutes later, we turned the game back on. Half way through the third quarter, we turned off the tube and went to sleep. Ever since the Michael Jackson halftime show years ago, we do not watch the show - especially if they have acts like last night. Now, if the NFL put some C&W acts on there we may watch.

[TennTuxedo]

The station that aired the halftime show and the station whose executives gave the nod to go forward with the unrehearsed plan was CBS. Here is where to direct your letters and calls.

Phone: 212-975-3247
e-mail: audsvcs@cbs.com
Address: CBS, 51 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019-6188

I would address letter to either Sean McManus (President of CBS Sports), Les Moonves (President of CBS) or Jo Ann Ross (President of Advertising Sales for CBS).