The hypocrisy of MTV

Daily Egyptian (Southern Illinois U.) ^ | 2/2/04 | Tim Johnson

[flashbunny]

Posting pictures of boobs is a big no-no here!

[GSWarrior]

I don't know. I had the game on in the background and didn't pay much attention the commercials.

It seems that networks make end-runs around standards by unveiling a litany of (not-so-subtle) double entendres.

[lilylangtree]

MTV is like a hormonal-driven teenager always pushing the barriers. Parents draw the line and present the firm barrier that the teen realizes that he/she cannot cross without consequences. The general public must rise up in unison and play the parents with the barriers that prevent MTV from crossing without consequences.

[Fenris6]

"It preaches safe sex while airing soft porn."

Nope. MTV preaches condom use, not safe sex. Condoms fail.

Advocating condom use is no different than encouraging Russian roulette.

[HELLRAISER II]

I remember that, that's the sickest thing that i've ever heard of. I would have been stomping somebody's @ss over that deal!

[HELLRAISER II]

I'll be the first to admit that I found it in poor taste for the Nipplegate fiasco and quite honestly I detest MTV because it has deteriorated from playing decent pop & rock to alway's playing Gansta Rap Crap that I loathe. But we must remember as parents we pay the cable/satellite company for MTV so if you/we are not happy with MTV then just cut it off and don't let your/our children watch it. It's as simple as that, it's easy to Bitch & moan about what happened & what has yet to happen. But in the end we're paying for a pay channel that delivers just what they promised.

[Hildy]

If the Jackson incident (As we will refer to it) will start the dialogue about the danger of MTV, then it will all be worth it. We all saw this coming, but nobody wants to do anything about it. I told you all I worked at MTV in the late 1980's and I could have told you that this would happen. No restrictions, young people with millions of dollars to spend on programming, sophomoric humor and the blatant exploitation of women. I was surprised when I worked there, how many women in decision making roles. (Of course they were all around 25 years old.) Look at Judy McGrath and do the math. I hope this at last wakes parents up and they start turning off MTV for good.

[MississippiMan]

It's been the babysitter, the teacher, the parent and the preacher for an increasingly secular and jaded youth.

Not in my house. I watched MTV myself in its very early days. Even sent in a pathetic entry to BASEMENT VIDEOS. By the time my kids were watching TV, however, MTV had turned to pure trash and it was banned in our home. Perhaps others here handled it similarly. But in the population at large, the above statement is true. I encounter so many parents who have no clue on what it means to be a parent. Many are so confused, believing their primary job is to be FRIEND to, to be LIKED by their kids 100% of the day. And many just don't give a rip at all.

MM

[LisaMalia]

But we must remember as parents we pay the cable/satellite company for MTV so if you/we are not happy with MTV then just cut it off

I don't have that option, unless I want to give up my Biography Channel, History Channel, etc. It's all in one package with my cable provider (Adelphia).

[Lady Eileen]

bump

[SuziQ]

I am happy to say that MTV is BLOCKED in our house. Our daughter has seen it a couple of times at her friends' houses and says it's just stupid, for all the reasons mentioned in the article. Our older boys never watched it that much until they were in college, but that was before the era of the 'reality' shows; it was still a Music channel. The youngest, who turns 14 tomorrow, is just not interested.

[SuziQ]

I don't have that option

Check with your cable provider. You are given a code that you can use to block ANY channel you need unsuitable. We blocked MTV, Comedy Central, Bravo and Spike TV from our TV downstairs. We can get them on our tv in our bedroom upstairs, but our kids don't go in their to watch unless they're watching something with us.

You can take any of these channels off block if YOU want to watch something. It takes just a minute to either block a channel or take it off.

[El Conservador]

But haven't you noticed that in EVERY season they've had gay/lesbian/bisexual cast members???

It's a staple in that goddamn show.

I just watch it for the fun of watching a "reality" show where all interaction between people is clearly scripted, and how they choose extraordinarily beautiful people, far away from the "common person" archetype. That's "Real" alright. (/sarc)

It's just missing the transgender guy/girl.

[Britton J Wingfield]

I can't knock them for Beavis and Butthead. I love that show. You can keep the rest.

[L.N. Smithee]

It seems that networks make end-runs around standards by unveiling a litany of (not-so-subtle) double entendres.

Years ago, Garry Marshall, the co-creator of Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley, illustrated how he got by ABC's censor: In one Laverne script, Laverne accused Shirley of plotting alone time with a man for "voh-dee-oh-doe!" Shirley protested that she had never "voh-dee-oh-doed," and then added, "Well...I've voh-dee-ohed..."

[HELLRAISER II]

I believe that most cable & satellite boxes have the ability to block certain channels, check it out if you're serious about getting rid of it.

[HELLRAISER II]

I believe that most cable & satellite boxes have the ability to block certain channels, check it out if you're serious about getting rid of it.