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To: Mo1
OUTRAGE AT CBS AFTER JANET BARES BREAST DURING DINNER HOUR; SUPER BOWL SHOW PUSHES LIMITS

**Exclusive**

Top CBS executives approved a musical skit where Janet Jackson would expose her breast during the MTV-produced Super Bowl half-time concert, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

"The decision to go forward went to the very top of the network," a well-placed source explained from New York.

The groundbreaking scene came during the most-watched television broadcast of the year -- and during the dinner hour for the nation's west coast viewers.

In a press release before Sunday's game, CBS's sister outlet. [VIACOM's] MTV promised "Janet's Shocking Moments."

"I'll get you naked by the end of this song," sang performer Justin Timberlake, moments before he ripped off Jackson's top, exposing a bare breast -- the nipple covered by a tassel.

CBS's main New York switchboard was immediately bombarded with complaints about the stunt, netowrk sources said late Sunday.

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1,800 posted on 02/01/2004 6:38:40 PM PST by Pubbie (We would have the WMDs if Powell and Rice hadn't made a 6 month UN detour)
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To: Pubbie
Can you believe they approved this trash? I hope their ratings for the second half drop so much that they lose money after handing out refunds. I would also expect this to get some network brass fired!
1,809 posted on 02/01/2004 6:40:21 PM PST by Terry Mross
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To: Pubbie
CBS's main New York switchboard was immediately bombarded with complaints about the stunt, netowrk sources said late Sunday.

CBS just keeps digging themselves a hole, don't they?

1,825 posted on 02/01/2004 6:42:31 PM PST by Mo1 (Join the dollar a day crowd now!)
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