She didn't 'change the world', I'd say

Gridiron doesn't get much of a look-in here - it's not cricket, or Rugby League, or Aussie Rules football. Or motor racing, of tennis, or basketball, ...

But the news at the time carried the story in an 'amused' tone rather than anything serious.

I think our equivalent of the FCC would be the ABA - [link|http://www.aba.gov.au|Australian Broadcasting Authority]. They list the complaints they have received - a search on Janet Jackson brought up 0 results. The ABA tend to concern themselves with stuff that, IMO, matters. Like, broadcasters endorsing products but not disclosing the fact they were paid to make those endorsements.
Many of hte complaints from the public concern excessive violence being shown at an inappropriate hour. Anyway, it's all there on the web site.

I wasn't talking about the people of the world, I was talking about the FCC and rules of broadcasting. :)

Cool, that makes much more sense.

Heck, there have even been boobies seen on prime-time TV here. Even on a mid-day talk show that had an expert body-painter in, and the models were wearing, well, only paint. No one batted an eyelid so far as I can remember.

So yeah, the general reaction to Janet & Justin was: no big deal.

Once a TV personality was banned for saying 'Farrrrrrrrrk' on TV (allegedly he was imitating a birdcall). But this was in the seventies, and he was back on air a few years later.

Post #143,810 by Meerkat 2/28/04 7:53:39 AM Reply	She didn't 'change the world', I'd say We Australians just sorta went 'Oh look, a tit', and moved on. It's the US reaction, rather than the event itself, that's been making the news over here. John. Busy lad.
Post #143,817 by Nightowl 2/28/04 10:15:21 AM Reply	Re: She didn't 'change the world', I'd say Don't you have an equivalent of the FCC? How did it react? I wasn't talking about the people of the world, I was talking about the FCC and rules of broadcasting. :) Nightowl >8# "To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are." Eric Hoffer
Post #143,858 by Meerkat 2/28/04 7:16:08 PM Reply	Not even sure if SuperBowl was shown on free-to-air TV Gridiron doesn't get much of a look-in here - it's not cricket, or Rugby League, or Aussie Rules football. Or motor racing, of tennis, or basketball, ... But the news at the time carried the story in an 'amused' tone rather than anything serious. I think our equivalent of the FCC would be the ABA - [link\|http://www.aba.gov.au\|Australian Broadcasting Authority]. They list the complaints they have received - a search on Janet Jackson brought up 0 results. The ABA tend to concern themselves with stuff that, IMO, matters. Like, broadcasters endorsing products but not disclosing the fact they were paid to make those endorsements. Many of hte complaints from the public concern excessive violence being shown at an inappropriate hour. Anyway, it's all there on the web site. I wasn't talking about the people of the world, I was talking about the FCC and rules of broadcasting. :) Cool, that makes much more sense. Heck, there have even been boobies seen on prime-time TV here. Even on a mid-day talk show that had an expert body-painter in, and the models were wearing, well, only paint. No one batted an eyelid so far as I can remember. So yeah, the general reaction to Janet & Justin was: no big deal. Once a TV personality was banned for saying 'Farrrrrrrrrk' on TV (allegedly he was imitating a birdcall). But this was in the seventies, and he was back on air a few years later. John. Busy lad.
Post #143,872 by Nightowl 2/28/04 10:50:34 PM Reply	Ah ok, that helps Thanks for explaining all that, and sorry I wasn't more specific in the first post. Nightowl >8# "To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are." Eric Hoffer
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