$550,00 fine tossed out
Posted by Media Outrage on July 21, 2008
The $550,000 fine that was levied on CBS Corp. for the wardrobe malfunction that happened to Janet Jackson during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime performance in front of 90million viewers has been thrown out.
Via Yahoo:
A federal appeals court on Monday threw out a $550,000 indecency fine against CBS Corp. for the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show that ended with Janet Jackson’s breast-baring “wardrobe malfunction.”
The three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Federal Communications Commission “acted arbitrarily and capriciously” in issuing the fine for the fleeting image of nudity.
The court found that the FCC deviated from its nearly 30-year practice of fining indecent broadcast programming only when it was so “pervasive as to amount to ‘shock treatment’ for the audience.”
“Like any agency, the FCC may change its policies without judicial second-guessing,” the court said. “But it cannot change a well-established course of action without supplying notice of and a reasoned explanation for its policy departure.”
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beach chick said
Good….cause that was the best part of the show anyways!
ucanb2 said
I agree!! You see so much more than a breast/jewelery on regular TV these days, while the some parents are letting the kids look.
Long time coming, but if you have $$ you can play the waiting game.
Dickwell Thrust said
they also needed to toss Janet’s singing career out along with this fine!
Ms. E said
I’m glad it was tossed out! Because if it wasn’t tossed out then just about every freaking tv network (on cable too) would need to be fined!
You Tube Serch QuanDavids said
LOL
beach chick said
DT you crazy but you right…..
You Tube Serch QuanDavids said
AHA
kristina said
lmao DT, if only right? I can’t believe that investigation is still going on. Don’t the FCC got better things to do?
Ms. E said
They need to target that racial network known as Fox News!