07/21/08 - Court Tosses FCC 'Wardrobe Malfunction' Fine

J-Banks · 07-21-2008, 03:28 PM

Court Tosses FCC 'Wardrobe Malfunction' Fine

July 21, 2008 , 10:00 AM ET
A federal appeals court today (July 21) 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 90 million people watching the Super Bowl, many of them children, heard Justin Timberlake sing, "Gonna have you naked by the end of this song," as he reached for Jackson's bustier.

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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Hunger4More · 07-21-2008, 04:00 PM

lmao i remember being like omg and some lady in the room like screemed. lmfaoooooo

GMNRecordsCT3 · 07-21-2008, 04:18 PM

yo i watched that shit and i didnt even see it until the next day when i heard about it...

damn 4yrs later...

LawrenceSouljah · 07-21-2008, 06:35 PM

Man, Timberlake shoulda' took some responsibility for that shit.

YGeeza · 07-22-2008, 07:44 AM

crazy shit

07-21-2008, 03:28 PM	#1
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07-22-2008, 07:44 AM	#5
YGeeza Veteran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: L.A. Posts: 2,105 Repped: 1,398 Repped 518 Times in 117 Posts Neg Reps: 40 Neg Repped at 15 Times in 11 Posts	crazy shit