Continuing Coverage of Boobiegate
from The Smoking Gun

With today marking the one-month anniversary of Janet Jackson's Super Bowl, um, appearance, TSG is presenting a sampling of letters sent to the Federal Communications Commission following the controversial halftime show. While the FCC received more than 200,000 e-mails and letters about the incident, we were only willing to fork over $249.90 for 1570 representative letters. As expected, the overwhelming majority of these missives were harshly critical of Jackson, Justin Timberlake, MTV, and CBS. Along with calls for heavy fines and license revocations, many correspondents actually suggested that the two singers be imprisoned. We were also surprised how many letter writers claimed to have been watching the game with their church group, all of whom were aghast when Jackson's right nipple made its brief, shadowy debut. But while so many complainants claimed to have been shocked at the site of Jackson's breast, not a single e-mail provided to TSG (pursuant to a Freedom of Information request) was sent the night of the game. It wasn't until the American Family Association and other conservative groups began screaming that the FCC's mailbox began to swell.

Not since someone stole the cookie from the cookie jar has America been rocked by such a scandal. I would expect this much outcry if she had been sodomizing a dog with a strap-on at the halftime show. I mean, really, I have seen more tit then that on prime time without anyone making any noise. Is this continuing sham part of the governments strategy to distract us from their shenanigans in foreign lands, or is this just the religious right trying to make a grab for the spotlight?

posted by awiggins | 04:41 PM