Fine for the CBS in Janet Jackson’s Breast Reveal during Super Bowl
Fine for the CBS in Janet Jackson’s Breast Reveal during Super Bowl

Indecency fine against CBS Corp. was raised to $550,000 by a federal appeals court. On Monday, the 2004 Super Bowl was seen again by a court and the halftime of the show, which ended with Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction,” was thought to be a valuable mistake.

More than 90 million people who were watching the 2004 Super Bowl could hear Justin Timberlake sing “Gonna have you naked by the end of this song” and then tearing  Jackson’s bustier.

Chief Judge Anthony J. Scirica, Judge Marjorie O. Rendell and Judge Julio M. Fuentes, the 3rd Circuit judges, said that the Federal Communications Commission forgot about its long-held approach to apply equal standards to words and images when it’s about reviewing complaints of indecency.

They also added that the FCC acted “arbitrarily and capriciously” when they issued the fine for the nudity image. The CBS said on Monday that they hoped the decision of the 3rd Circuit judges will return to the older policy of “restrained indecency that it followed for decades.”

FCC argued about Jackson’s nudity in front of so many people watching the show, saying that it was graphic and explicit and the CBS should have been forewarned. Still, Jackson said that the decision to add something like a costume reveal came after the last rehearsal. The costume added was exposing her right breast and had its nipple covered by a silver sunburst.

The fine represents the maximum $27,500 divided against each of the network’s 20 owned and operations stations which had no system available in video delays for live events.




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