Ain't Nothing Wrong With A Little Titty
Filed under: Justin Timberlake > Janet Jackson > Legal Matters > Media Minute
Yay for freedom of speech and expression!
A federal appeals court has thrown out a $550,000 fine against CBS for the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show that ended with Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction."
On Monday, a three-judge panel in Philadelphia ruled that the Federal Communications Commission "acted arbitrarily and capriciously" in issuing the fine for the fleeting image of nudity.
We think all the puritans freaked out for nothing.
Her nip was covered with a tassel!
We've seen "worse" on TV.
[Image via WENN.]
Posted: July 21, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Yes, that was an unfortunate "Accident".
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a dating show about Jo and Slade??? R u kidding me??? whats next? apparently anyone can get a reality show…
a dating show about Jo and Slade??? R u kidding me??? whats next? apparently anyone can get a reality show…
I can't believe this thing is still going on. I'm sure there was no-one more embarrassed than her, if she did or did not mean to do tit….. I mean it lol, It's just a boob at the end of the day
I didn't even see it, but covered with a tassel?? That's nothing compared to French films.
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freedon of speach fucking rules!!! GO PEREZ!!!
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freedom of speach fucking rules!!! GO PEREZ!!!
Awesome Mario, a little freedom of speech and expression and we will be able to witness gay guys giving blow jobs on street corners.
Well Well Well! Four years later and those self righteous bastards at the FCC finally get put in there place at least temporarily. WTF? Why didn't this come sooner? Fucking retardos all those self righteous pricks who think they are holier than thou they are the main ones doing some bogus ass ans sick shit. We all watch to catch a predator on Dateline!
I missed the halftime show, so I missed it live. Reshow it on national tv without the blur. While she's at it, take off her wig to reveal that she's been Michael Jackson all along.
I dunno about the tassell? Where did that come from? I saw the whole thing on live TV and it looked like a bona-fide tassel-free nip to me……..that being said, it was just a nip. Inappropriate? Yes, but this is a member of the Wackson family we're talking about, so no surprises there. Basically what I'm saying, is nobody really cares any more but at least get the story straight……
come one perez- you should have at least looked at the pics- she was NOT wearing a tassle. she did have some serious nipple jewelery on though =D
WHO CARES. THIS HAPPENED IN 2004.
IT WAS NOT COVERED WITH A TASSEL!!!
You could clearly see her nipple through a some ring.
GOOGLE IT!!!!!
it wasn't a tassle…. It was a piercing! A bar through her nipple that held a sun around it. The sun flames covered her areola, her exposed nipple was in the center.
#16, it was a sunburst covering her nipple.
Re: tasse –
Sounds like you need to go to your opthalmologist. Cuz you can't see shit.
BIG MISTAKE. Now opens door to more Porno!!!
Not an accident-totally planned and they should Both pay! Lost all My respect!!
Omg that was 2004 get over it.
WTF. fuckin four years later and we are still hearing about this. It's over It was over the next day. Get over it fuckin FCC. This shit is just ridicilous.
Could have been worse- Michael's chest! lol
What's freedom of speech about showing off boobage?
Seriously, how retarded. Go look at your first amendment again, mmkay?
Thank GOD! The way people freaked out over that whole incident was totally ridiculous. There is so much allowable violence on TV which religious right wing conservatives never protest. The continuing war in Iraq and all of that violence and death and destruction is consistently supported by those same moralilts. But we see a supersonic flash of a part of a boob, and a big deal was made over that!? Please people, get a life.
actually, what she was wearing is called a "nipple shield"
Of course the same people never complained about Prince or the Artist Formally Known As and his big ol' faliac symbol of a guitar the following year…….
Perez, even movies are rated. A football game is something kids and adults can watch together. The problem is Janet Jackson wanted puiblicity at any cost. Another self absorved celebrity that only think about themself and not about their audience.
Re: Cayce –
Omigod, a nipple. Run for your lives … obviously, the world didn't stop turning on its axis, or anything.
Now, can we please get on with much more important issues? No wonder America is currently broken-down. Once again, our priorities are soooo out of order!
thanks God:) stupit America
4 and 1/2 years to decide what to do about a micro-second flash of a partial-breast?
Unbelievable. No wonder we are in so much trouble as a nation .. we waste time, money and effort on trivial issues.
Shouldn't our focus be economical improvement, male/female pay equity, gun violence & continuing school shootings, our dependence on foreign oil, the war in Iraq, the scary on-going developments in Iran, etc. etc. etc.
Instead, we focus on Janet Jackson's boob-glimpse - - over 4 years ago. God help us all!
It's about time somebody came to their senses. Can you imagine what was going through the moron's heads at the FCC when they decided that half a million dollars was an appropriate fine for showing a partially covered breast/nipple on TV for about 1 second?
Good god. Nobody ever died or has been psychologically damaged from seeing a naked boob.
Those idiots at the FCC should be forced to pay all of CBS's legal costs now. That'll make them think twice before laying down their ridiculous fines in the future.
Funny that it's all right to show people getting beaten up, shot and worse on TV but you can't see a boob for 1 second. Get your fucking priorities straight you fuck-twits.
Nice wig. She looks very Farrah Fawcett!
THANK GOD! NOW HOPEFULLY ALL THE UPTIGHT SHIT MUNCHERS WILL FINALLY GET OVER THIS. FUCK OFF CHANN & LALA
she looks like a black version of paula abdul. but paula is still relevant, janet is not. janet Has to take her shirt off to get attention..
Why is Janet Jackson the bad guy in this situation?? Just because of an accidental slip, she's considered a slut. Wasn't Justin Timberlake the one who caused the malfunction. Just sayin'.
JANET DIDN'T MEAN FOR YALL TO SEE HER TIT….IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, JUSTIN DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT…I HAVE SEEN WAY MORE FUCKED UP SHIT THAN THAT ON TV……GIVE MS JACKSON A BREAK…SHE'S NOT A PORN STAR!
I can't believe people still wasting energy is such of thing. We got bigger problems to resolve than that !
tassle? I thought she was was wearing a sun burst earring…anyway it doesn't really matter. Didn't this happen several YEARS ago? All this drama over a nipple… and a semi covered one at that!
She should be fined for such a pathetic grasp for attention. Lord knows her "talent" can't do it.
She is a skank. Who the fuck cares about this wench!!!!!
WHORE!!!! FAT COW!!!!
The media made it a big deal by playing it over-and-over for weeks. I guess they needed a distraction to let their buddy follow through with his invasion of Iraq. The corporate media is destroying our country!
Sadly, the judges didn't actually side with CBS on anything important — all they said was that the FCC hadn't given enough warning on a new policy change (i.e. that a nip flash is too much). But if the FCC makes the rule and publishes it, the courts will let them censor whatever they want, especially as Our Dear Can't-Depart-Fast-Enough President keeps packing the federal courts with puritanical neo-cons who will be sitting there for years to come.
Re: Sophi – Well said! I don't think the average voter really knows what's at stake in November.
?????>>>>>LOOKS LIKE JERAMINE IN DRAG!
That was nothing. David Caruso's butt has left me scarred…
If it had been a beautiful, natural breast like one of Halle Berry's that would have been one thing. Instead, we saw Janet Jackson's ugly, square, deformed implant. I think the fuss should be over the fact that implants like hers are ugly not that we saw a woman's breast on national television in prime time.
This was no wardrobe malfunction, she obviously did it intentionally, she is a sick pervert just like all the jacksons.
It wasn't a tassel, it was a big, silver piercing.
Thta whole incident was such total garbage. It was *clearly* planned out ahead of time, as evinced by the fact she was even wearing a pastie under her top. Really kinda hard to pretend something's an coincidental "accident" when you're totally prepared for it.
Quick turn on FOX News! White girl missing! LOL
If there's nothing wrong with one why don't you ever suck on one?
three for three…e'tas perro pinche hilton….janet jackson..ms. jackson is fine, fine, fine…please leave your black midget and come home to a brown midget mami!!!!!chiaooooooo
too bad she cant get her career back. showly that nip cost her her entire career.
Freedom of speech and expression my ass! Freedom of speech with a ten second delay and the FCC fining everyone under the sun like Howard Stern for expressing themselves.There is freedom of speech alright,until one or two people get their undies in a twist over a word or a nipple.There is more freedom in alot of other countries than in the United States.
You Americans must overcome this "nipple obsession" of yours! It s just RIDICULOUS… *g*
Seriously, what the hell is up with the Janet Jackson boob thing?! It's just a friggin boob! Half the worlds got them! and the other half don't mind seeing them, or just don't care!
The world today……D:
Re: JC – JC says – reply to this 29Thank GOD! The way people freaked out over that whole incident was totally ridiculous. There is so much allowable violence on TV which religious right wing conservatives never protest. The continuing war in Iraq and all of that violence and death and destruction is consistently supported by those same moralilts. But we see a supersonic flash of a part of a boob, and a big deal was made over that!? Please people, get a life.
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You re right! This nipple incident was the JOKE all about Europe back then in 2004 - we, I mean our German comedians on TV, couldn t BELIEVE that such an unimportant thing as a nipple slip could lead to a state crisis in the USA!! It was THE laugh in some of Germany's largest comedy shows! Did we have a FURTHER laugh about American bigotry!
I m however please to read that your nation now has found some sort of "closure" and your papers and press can hopefully take care of mor eSERIOUS issues! *G*
It wasn't a tassel. It was a nipple shield. She got it in Houston.
Perez, when someone as talented at jj has to resort to showing her tits on national television, you can't help but see her as nothing more then pathetic. So many women in the world scream to be heard and respected but when that fails, they resort to the usual t and a.
pathetic. Like her., she's done!!
the problem was the she was on network tv. if it would've been on cable no one would care. she was stupid, trying to draw attention.
Re: zeke – PULL IT OUT BABY & I'LL CHEW IT RAW!
omg have you guys not seen the photo thats not covered up that is a star attached to a barbell going through her nipple kinda hot if i must say soo. just do a google image search and it will show a blowing up photo of it check it out
So does this mean Janet can FINALLY be taken off the Blacklist? I miss her!
Awesome! It was embarassing being an American during this whole thing. As Americans we are sooooo uptight and lame when talking about sex. Just to bad Janet got stuck in the middle of it all and it hurt her career so bad
I love Janet!!!