Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Janet Jackson and Pat Robertson

I remember an incident on American TV last year when a certain black female popstar happened to expose her nipple for about a second or two. The result was national outrage. The whole of the media industry was up in arms, heavy fines were slapped on the broadcasters involved and an enquiry into how this could ever have happened was immediately announced. Serious action was taken to assure the US public that such a brazen act of dangerous and subversive pornography could never again threaten the innocence and sanctity of their family lives

Two weeks ago, an influential 'religious' celebrity publicly called for the assassination of a democratically elected leader of a foreign country. There was no official outrage. There was no enquiry to establish how this could ever have come on TV. There was no heavy fine imposed on the broadcasters.

Why not?

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