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The Federal Communications Commission launched an investigation into Sunday's controversial Super Bowl halftime show yesterday and FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell telephoned Mel Karmazin, president of CBS parent Viacom Inc., to express his outrage, saying the entertainment giant should have known what was going to transpire during the show. The FCC probe will encompass the entire halftime program -- including the brief exposure of singer Janet Jackson's breast and the sexualized dance routine precipitating it -- to determine if it violates indecency standards set in law and enforced by the FCC. If indecency violations are found, each of Viacom's 200...

MTV tries it's hand at damage control, but fails miserablyMTV has rather deftly changed it's text on it's Super Bowl page from the text originally up there (and touted by news programs and websites everywhere:Janet Jackson Got Nasty at the MTV-Produced Super Bowl Halftime Show Jaws across the country hit the carpet at exactly the same time. You know what we're talking about...Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake and a kinky finale that rocked the Super Bowl to its core. P. Diddy, Kid Rock, & Nelly rounded out the halftime show in the midst of the greatest game on earth. MTV was...

Statement regarding the Super Bowl halftime show Statement by NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue regarding the Super Bowl halftime show: "We were extremely disappointed by the MTV-produced halftime show. It was totally inconsistent with assurances our office was given about the content of the show. "The show was offensive, inappropriate and embarrassing to us and our fans. We will change our policy, our people and our processes for managing the halftime entertainment in the future in order to deal far more effectively with the quality of this aspect of the Super Bowl."

Sitting in a San Diego bar a year ago and pondering the idea of streaking Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston, Mark Roberts' emotions drifted to a place they don't often visit. Fear. "They'll kill me down there," said Roberts, a native of Liverpool, England. "That's Texas -- they'll execute me." Yet there was Roberts Sunday night, using a Velcro officiating outfit to sneak his way onto the field at Reliant Stadium, then stripping the clothes off and parading around in a silver G-string. So much for hesitance. "I got it in my head that I had to streak the Super...

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I'm really stunned. No, I'm not saying this... I'm stunned everybody is all upset. Okay, so they had a publicity stunt, and Janet Jackson's right boob shows up at the Super Bowl halftime show and everybody is acting like this is 1950. It's 2004. What do you people expect? This is nothing compared to other stuff going on out there, everybody is getting upset about this. We've got people on MTV practically every afternoon pretending to be making love while dressed while standing up while dancing. The Baptists were right. Baptists don't dance, or they used to not dance because...

Janet Jackson Apologizes for Bared Breast By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY NEW YORK - Janet Jackson apologized Monday for an incident in which one of her breasts was bared for a moment as she sang with Justin Timberlake during the Super Bowl halftime show Sunday night. In a statement released Monday night, Jackson said it was a last-minute stunt that went awry. "The decision to have a costume reveal at the end of my halftime show performance was made after final rehearsals. MTV was completely unaware of it," Jackson said. "It was not my intention that it go as far as...

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Sometimes a breast is just a breast. Howard Dean, a physician and a Democratic presidential candidate, on Monday dismissed as "silly" a government inquiry into whether indecency rules were broken during the broadcast of the Super Bowl halftime show when pop diva Janet Jackson's bodice was ripped to expose her right breast. "I find that to be a bit of a flap about nothing," the former Vermont governor said. "I'm probably affected in some ways by the fact that I'm a doctor, so it's not exactly an unusual phenomenon for me." During the break in the National...

Janet Apologizes, Says Super Bowl Stunt Went Too FarOne day after Janet Jackson's shocking Super Bowl halftime performance, the singer took responsibility for the breast-baring incident and said she never intended the stunt to go as far as it did. "The decision to have a costume reveal at the end of my halftime show performance was made after final rehearsals," Jackson said in a statement released Monday (February 2). "MTV was completely unaware of it. It was not my intention that it go as far as it did. I apologize to anyone offended — including the audience, MTV, CBS and...

The chief federal regulator of broadcasting said Monday he is "outraged" by the Super Bowl halftime show which wound up with singer Justin Timberlake tearing off part of Janet Jackson's costume, exposing her breast. Timberlake blamed a "wardrobe malfunction," but Federal Communications Commission chief Michael Powell called it "a classless, crass and deplorable stunt." MTV, which produced the show, and CBS, which broadcast it, both said they had no idea that their halftime show Sunday night would include such a display. "CBS deeply regrets the incident," spokeswoman LeslieAnne Wade said. The two singers were performing a flirtatious duet to end...

NEW YORK - CBS apologized for an unexpectedly R-rated end to its Super Bowl halftime show, when singer Justin Timberlake (news) tore off part of Janet Jackson (news)'s top, exposing her breast.The two singers were performing a flirtatious duet to end the halftime show, and at the song's finish, Timberlake reached across Jackson's leather gladiator outfit and pulled off the covering to her right breast.The network quickly cut away from the shot, and did not mention the incident on the air.Timberlake said he did not intend to expose Jackson's breast."I am sorry that anyone was offended by the wardrobe malfunction...

Between commercials and halftime show, NFL should move game to Playboy Channel Viewers who tuned in expecting a big-time football game saw the Super Bowl of Sleaze instead. Sexy and violent commercials that included jokes about flatulence and bestiality mercilessly interrupted the CBS telecast of Super Bowl XXXVIII from Houston last night, making it a dubious choice for family viewing. But it was the unexpected climax of the MTV-produced halftime show that shocked viewers and set the CBS switchboard ablaze. As a musical number ended, out popped one of Janet Jackson's breasts. Fellow performer Justin Timberlake clearly exposed it to...

While I didn't see the Super Bowl but only heard it on the radio, the fact that I can see on the internet pictures of Janet Jackson with her breast exposed tells me that this was no accident. As I woman I can say with confidence that if any part of me that were exposed by accident that would be considered nakedness to me, I would immediately cover it up and hurry out of people's view until I could be properly covered. If a woman has her skirt tucked up into her pantyhose so that her rear-end is in view,...

Despite its official apology, MTV did not hesitate to promote the "unrehearsed, unplanned, completely unintentional" incident after the fact. A Web page headline trumpeted: "Janet Jackson Got Nasty at the MTV-Produced Super Bowl Halftime Show." Continuing, the Web page said, "Jaws across the country hit the carpet at exactly the same time. You know what we're talking about ... Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake and a kinky finale that rocked the Super Bowl to its core."

MTV Not Satisfied With Pushing Smut on Their Own Channel, Now They Corrupt the Super Bowl Says Stand True Ministries 2/2/04 8:55:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk, Television Reporter Contact: Bryan Kemper of Stand True Ministries, 540-834-0303 WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement by Bryan Kemper of Stand True Ministries, founder of idontwantmymtv.com, on yesterday's MTV-produced Super Bowl half- time show: "Stand True, (http://www.standtrue.com) the host of idontwantmymtv.com, is not surprised or shocked that MTV would produce a show like they did for the Super Bowl. Anyone who watches MTV knows they are nothing more...

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.

The Federal Communications Commission will investigate CBS's sleazy halftime show, Chairman Michael Powell said today. "I am outraged at what I saw during the halftime show of the Super Bowl. Like millions of Americans, my family and I gathered around the television for a celebration. Instead, that celebration was tainted by a classless, crass and deplorable stunt. Our nation's children, parents and citizens deserve better," Powell stated. "I have instructed the commission to open an immediate investigation into last night's broadcast," he said. A spokesman had earlier merely said the agency was launching a routine investigation because it had received...

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

First I went to Drudge and found this statement: Press Release Source: MTV MTV Statement on Super Bowl XXXVIII Halftime Incident Sunday February 1, 11:03 pm ET 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. Then I went to MTV's website and lo and behold this was right there on the homepage:Janet Jackson Got Nasty at the MTV-Produced Super Bowl Halftime Show Jaws across...