Janet Jackson’s two seconds of bare flesh at the Super Bowl have launched a new rocket in the culture wars. The heads of CBS and MTV say they were shocked, shocked to find nudity had made its way into the Superbowl. The media moguls are repenting, making amends, kicking Janet out of the Grammies and even editing out a scene from ER that reveals the breast of an 80 year old woman.
The guardians of the National Football League are also promising changes. But some members of Congress want more, they want FCC to get tough with the networks, fine them into good behavior. Even the FCC Chairman Michael Powell, a man who never met a deregulation he didn’t like, is saying legislation may be in order.
Guests:
Robert Thompson, Head of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University
Mary Jo Kane, Director, Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
Fred Upton, Republican Congressman from Michigan and chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.