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M.I.A. Superbowl Controversy

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/02/05/mi...er-bowl-photo/

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During the Super Bowl half-time show, singer M.I.A. flipped off millions of viewers during TV’s most-watched telecast of the year. She made the gesture (photos and video below) during a performance of Madonna’s new single, “Give Me All Your Luvin.’” M.I.A. also seemed to say an expletive (“I don’t give a s***”), but it wasn’t really audible.
NBC and the NFL issued dueling press statements. First, the network released an apology and called the moment a “spontaneous gesture” — a phrase that might go down in history alongside “wardrobe malfunction.” “We apologize for the inappropriate gesture that aired during half-time,” the network said. “It was a spontaneous gesture that our delay system caught late.”
But the NFL’s statement had sharper language blaming NBC and condemning the incident. “There was a failure in NBC’s delay system,” the NFL said. “The obscene gesture in the performance was completely inappropriate, very disappointing, and we apologize to our fans.”
Note the network called the gesture “inappropriate” while the NFL dubbed it “obscene.” The latter is a loaded word since the Federal Communications Commission says airing “obscene content at any time” violates federal law.
Then NBC revised its statement to point out the NFL played a role here too, adding this line: “The NFL hired the talent and produced the halftime show.”
According to an NBC spokesperson, the monitoring system tried to blur M.I.A’s gesture, but was too late by a fraction of a second.
The bird flipping is likely to overshadow Madonna’s performance and could taint NBC’s expected ratings victory lap tomorrow. It almost instantly provoked comparisons to 2004′s infamous half-time show when Janet Jackson’s nipple was briefly exposed. The Jackson incident resulted in the FCC going after CBS and inspired a broadcast-wide tightening of live telecast content standards (though, obviously, mistakes can still happen). Ironically, the NFL took over production of the annual Super Bowl half-time show after Jackson’s performance to have better control of the content. An NFL spokesperson says M.I.A. did not perform the gesture during rehearsals.

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I never notice these things the first time around

big fuss over nothing :nono:

the comments on yt smh

Stupid ugly bitch MIA now my little daughter does that to me
RAWV3GAN 16 minutes ago

This is bad becase little kids like my son watched the game and saw her flip off all of America. My 6 year old shouldnt have to be subjected to **** like that.

bcimnotu 1 hour ago

Disgusting behaviour :bored:

i hope you are joking :nono:

she is allowed to do whatever she wants because she is better than everybody else

thats just the way it is sry

that was career suicide. None of these parents are going to let their kids buy albums from a bird flipper.

I don't think kids were ever her demographic anyway. Kids texting each other over the criticism of Saudi Arabian driving laws in her latest music video. Not gonna happen.

Sheer and utter disrespect.

Disgusting tbh.

GET OUT -throws things-

:laugh2: I think I like her even more now.

Why the fuss over that. It's nothing. O_o

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Originally Posted by Niall (Post 4936740)

Why the fuss over that. It's nothing. O_o

Because they need to sell newspapers, duh. And the world would rather focus on a B-list celeb flipping the bird than the massacre in Syria.

I feel sick. What kind of monster does that?

Let me get this right...people are kicking up a fuss because she stuck her middle finger up?

How ****ing ridiculous. Do these people not have any other more important, pressing issues to consider and deal with rather than a spontaneous middle finger gesture which most people have done numerous times in their life? I cannot stand people that think actions like this are the worst type of crime on planet earth. Seriously...get over it.

It's a gesture...which represents a word..which has a certain meaning. Is it important? No. I'll never understand the big deal surrounding swearing. Who the **** cares?

I am sitting here abosolutely outraged. Does this woman have no conscience?

Point is she got paid to perform and not be a ****..

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Originally Posted by Scott (Post 4936615)

i hope you are joking :nono:

she is allowed to do whatever she wants because she is better than everybody else

thats just the way it is sry

She has probably just cost herself a fair few career moves. There is being controversial and there is plain stupidity. That was the latter. You mess with the big-wigs and their ratings and they won't let you forget it.

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Originally Posted by Jack_ (Post 4936841)

Parents of little kids who now are mimicking that gesture care. If my niece or nephew were to start doing that after seeing it I would be very annoyed too.

Madonna must have been a bad influence on M.I.A. but atlleast she learned from the best...

http://assets.gearlive.com/music/blo...ddlefinger.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3219/2...4f1_z.jpg?zz=1

Even Jesus did it :hmph:

http://i.imgur.com/mFKpf.jpg

I'd be lying if I said it didn't ruin the half time show for me tbh, I can only imagine how parents must have felt

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Originally Posted by GypsyGoth (Post 4936888)

Even Jesus did it :hmph:

http://i.imgur.com/mFKpf.jpg

that is a doctored photo Jesus would never do that.

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 4936896)

I'd be lying if I said it didn't ruin the half time show for me tbh, I can only imagine how parents must have felt

omg

are you honestly being serious D: