Breast Enlargement Contest Draws Fire

AP ^ | 1/3/05 | VICKIE CHACHERE

[kahoutek]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Radio giant Clear Channel Communications has come under fire from women's health advocates over a Christmas contest in which stations granted breast enlargement surgeries to women in four cities.

In the "Breast Christmas Ever" contest, 13 women were awarded the procedure after writing essays to the stations explaining why they wanted larger breasts. A Tampa station claimed to receive more than 91,000 entries.

Clear Channel said it had nothing to do with the contest and that it was a decision by local station managers to hold the promotion. The contest was aired on Clear Channel stations in Tampa, Jacksonville, St. Louis and Detroit.

The contest has drawn the ire of both the National Research Center for Women & Families and the National Organization for Women. NOW has urged its supporters to file complaints with the Federal Communications Commission against Clear Channel and its stations.

The controversy comes within months of Clear Channel paying a record $1.75 million fine to resolve indecency complaints against New York-based shock jock Howard Stern, Tampa radio personality "Bubba the Love Sponge" and others. The station formally agreed to "clean up its act," FCC Chairman Michael Powell said in June.

[kahoutek]

OUCH!

[DTogo]

Gives new meaning to the term Booby Prize.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I'd feel silly with enlarged breasts.

[TXBSAFH]

Pictures?

[frog_jerk_2004]

The controversy comes within months of Clear Channel paying a record $1.75 million fine to resolve indecency complaints against New York-based shock jock Howard Stern, Tampa radio personality "Bubba the Love Sponge" and others. The station formally agreed to "clean up its act," FCC Chairman Michael Powell said in June.

But according to the DUmmies Clear Channel (in league with Fox News) is an arch conservative part of the military industrial complex and the reason why the left is being oppressed in getting their message out. How can this be? --sarcasm

[evets]

Size does matter

[mhking]

That's most likely from the MJ Morning Show, hosted by "MJ Kelli" (more widely known as talk show host Todd Schnitt) -- they've given away boob jobs a couple times a year for the past several years. [yawn]

The show runs on several Cheap Channel stations (Tampa, Jacksonville, St. Louis, and I think Detroit now). It used to run here in Atlanta. [shrug] This sounds like an overreaction by some folks.

[NCjim]

Yes, we need before and after pictures...

[Skip Ripley]

Whooter cares if Clear Channel buys these women some chesticles?

[exnavychick]

Then buy a Wonderbra...LOL :)

[Conspiracy Guy]

I haven't had breast enlargements because it would look weird on me.

[Spok]

"National Organization for Women."

To the NOW nags: it's a legal procedure and their bodies!
(Ever notice how the abortion argument applies only to abortion with these ninnies?)

[Quilla]

From the headline alone, I assumed this was a contest of who had the largest breast implants. I figured y'all would be going wild.

[onyx]

ROTFLOL!

[ken5050]

How could a doctor do that and still have malpractice insurance?

[I'm ALL Right!]

Wow. That's just gross. That woman has serious issues (and I'm not talking about physical.)

[TXBSAFH]

Drowning is not one of her major worries.

[Bon mots]

That's not real...

[kahoutek]

Holy........................................Molies?

[Hu Gadarn]

Frankly think its the NOW organizations way of getting noticed. I mean come on. Plastic surgery has bee around forever. If they want to give away 13 10 grand procedures to the people who write the best reason who cares. Could it be breast envy? Could it be that they are upset because they were not given breast enlargements. If it helps a persons self esteem or improves their self image I say go for it... someones got to keep the cosmetic surgeons in business.