CBS JUGHEADS

New York Post ^ | 2/02/04 | DON KAPLAN

[kattracks]

February 4, 2004 -- After a day of crisis talks, CBS yesterday agreed to let Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake remain on this Sunday's Grammy telecast - but said it was working on new technology to censor any "inappropriate and unexpected events." The network, which has been under tremendous pressure to dump Jackson and Timberlake after their X-rated halftime antics at the Boob Bowl, said the new system was insurance against an encore performance.

[kattracks]

Not only do they offend our sensibilities, they also insult our intelligence.

[Fenris6]

"internal investigation" my arse. These peeps must really think Americans are dumb - oh wait - check out their audience. Sigh.

[DeepDish]

The article title is hilarious, if thought about in a certain way. {:>)

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>The article title is hilarious, if thought about in a certain way

Especially that headline...

[kattracks]

SeeBS may have forgotten that the Super Bowl audience wasn't their usual group, and as such have more than one working brain cell.

[kattracks]

The Post has a "way" with headlines.

[Texasforever]

Well if you consider what Janet popped out " a Jug" you have a point.

[dwilli]

Did any logical human on Earth ever think that CBS would
not have those two (Jackson & Timberlake) on the Grammy bcst?

The brass at CBS would all appear naked on Face The Nation
rather than lose the publicity generated by that boob shot.

[Terry Mross]

Punk'd. Hmmmm. I remember my daddy calling my brother on the carpet for using the word "punk". We didn't know the real meaning. Now executives use it and it's the name of a TV show. My how things have changed. Someday a boob will just be a boob .......

and a teat will just be a teat.

[weegee]

In the old days of television, anything that even approached this type of an incident would have resulted in a cut to a commercial and a ban/blacklist in the industry for the entertainer who pulled the stunt ("you'll never work in this town again").

[weegee]

Notice how no one at SeeBS has addressed the outrage of the flag that had the center cut so it could be used as a poncho. There also has been no discussion of all the crotch grabbing (even Michael Jackson caught flak for such moves in a video where he did that years ago).

[Conservative4Ever]

Not a word about Archie, Veronica or Betty. Damn...(/sarcasm)

Red

[Young Rhino]

CBS will not do the right thing by banning these two clowns because there would be a Hollyweird boycott of the event in solidarity under the guise of protecting the 1st Amendment. Principle sold down the river.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

Not only do they offend our sensibilities, they also insult our intelligence.

BTTT

[ClancyJ]

Baloney. They are manipulating. They want the shock value of having the two abusers appear.

CBS just can't seem to get a handle on the fact that it is entertainment that we want to see - not shock.

So - they deal only in shock. They have no ability to entertain.

[Brad C.]

Seems to me that Janet ought to show up at the grammy's wearing the same outfit, just so she can demonstrate what she thought was going to happen.