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The U.S. penalty on CBS for televising singer Janet Jackson’s breast during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show will effectively censor U.S. broadcasting if it is upheld, the network argued on Tuesday.

Such was the argument given by CBS attorney Robert Corn-Revere in front of the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in an attempt to overturn a $550,000 fine imposed by the Federal Communications Commission for the Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” (wink, wink, nod, nod) during Super Bowl 38.

Eric Miller, an attorney for the FCC, defended the conclusion that the Super Bowl show was indecent because it was a “highly sexualized performance” even before the exposure.

I guess Mr. Miller failed to TIVO the opening performance of the MTV Video Music Awards the other night. Let’s see, which is more “sexual”, having Janet Jackson’s nipple exposed on national TV, covered by some ornament that looks like a torture device, for a fraction of a second and the only people that saw it were the TIVO’ers. That or the Britney Spears train wreck where she’s, sort of, dancing half naked while some guy and girl fondles her boobs from behind?

Personally I hope CBS wins, not because all the networks will immediately begin showing boobs on TV, cause you know they will but because this country is so morally repressed that it won’t be long and we’ll all be wearing snowsuits on the beach in summertime. People really need to get over this nit picking and parents, if you don’t like what’s on TV then get your asses off the couch and turn the thing off!

via: I4U News?