NFL, TV Execs to Testify on Halftime Show

[rodbarnett]

WASHINGTON (AP) - A House panel looking into indecency on the airwaves was hearing Wednesday from National Football League Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Mel Karmazin, president of Viacom Inc. (VIA) - owner of both CBS, which aired Janet Jackson's breast-baring Super Bowl halftime show, and MTV, which produced the show.

All five members of the Federal Communications Commission also were expected to testify before the House Energy and Commerce telecommunications subcommittee and at a separate hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee.

The Super Bowl incident occurred at a time when lawmakers are pressing the FCC to crack down on indecent programming. The agency has received more than 200,000 complaints about the halftime show, which ended with singer Justin Timberlake tearing off part of Jackson's top and exposing her right breast to millions of TV viewers.

Bills have been introduced in both houses of Congress that would increase the fines that the commission may levy for indecency from $27,500 to $275,000. The commissioners have discussed fining broadcasters for each prohibited utterance rather than for each program.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040211/D80L25MO0.html

[Tripper11]

1. Man that was a quick investigation!

Over a boob...one boob with ugly nipple jewelry to boot!

If only the 9/11 investigation had of happened as quickly.

[TOhioLiberal]

2. My thought exactly!

I saw that story and shook my head in bewilderment.
In-freaking-credible! Getting all worked up over a boob flash.

Trekkerlass

[MaineDem]

3. Absolutely!

It's unbelievable how quick the GOP-led House can act when they want to. And this is NOT something that they needed to jump on like this.

I find it totally inappropriate - the investigation not the act itself.

[skippysmom]

4. I'm glad we have our priorities straight

9/11, Iraq...just minor stuff.

Janet's boob: a threat to national security.

:grr:

[scarface2004]

5. when did the president see the boob..

and when did he know the boob??!!

[muchacho]

6. and the world scoffs

Wars around the world and what we find obscene is scripted display of the female anatomy.

Silly puritan bullshit...

[leesa]

7. And still nothing on September 11, 2001! Our congress is completely

complicit with the whole treasonous act that occurred on 9-11.

[rhino91063]

8. NO 911 investigation

NO WMD investigation. Hey they are busy with IMPORTANT stuff like Janet's boob!