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M.I.A. Throws Up Middle Finger During Super Bowl Halftime Performance. NFL & NBC Apologize. The Parents Television Council Calls For Action To Be Taken [Video]
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It looks like Janet Jackson's "n*pplegate" is happening all over again.
When M.I.A. threw up a middle finger during her performance with Madonna at halftime of Super Bowl 46, she managed to steal Madge's shine and stir up lots of trouble.
Both the NFL and NBC issued apologies for not blurring the middle finger.
“The NFL hired the talent and produced the halftime show,” NBC spokesman Christopher McCloskey said. “Our system was late to obscure the inappropriate gesture and we apologize to our viewers.”
The NFL also blamed NBC's delay system for not catching the obscene gesture in time.
“The obscene gesture in the performance was completely inappropriate, very disappointing, and we apologize to our fans,” NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy said. He also added that M.I.A. didn't display the middle finger during rehearsals, so they had no idea she would do it during the live event.
The Parents Television Council isn't buying the apologies from the NFL and NBC. They blame both organizations for hiring acts who have based their careers "on shock, profanity and titillation."
Tim Winter of the PTC released the following statement:
“NBC fumbled and the NFL lied because a performer known as M.I.A. felt it necessary to flip off millions of families. It is unfortunate that a spectacular sporting event was overshadowed once again by broadcasting the selfish acts of a desperate performer.
“Last week the NFL formally told the PTC – and the American public – that the Super Bowl halftime show would be ‘appropriate.’ Most families would agree that the middle finger aimed directly at them is not appropriate, especially during the most-watched television event of the year.
“The mechanism NBC had in place to catch this type of material completely failed, and the network cannot say it was caught off guard. It has been eight years since the Janet Jackson striptease, and both NBC and the NFL knew full well what might happen. They chose a lineup full of performers who have based their careers on shock, profanity and titillation. Instead of preventing indecent material, they enabled it. M.I.A. used a middle finger shamelessly to bring controversial attention to herself, while effectively telling an audience filled with children, ‘F– you.’
“A simple apology rings hollow after yet another slap in the face to families, especially when NBC has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that it should be allowed to air all manner of indecent material at any time of day, even when children are watching.
“Either the NFL and NBC will take immediate steps to hold those accountable for this offensive material in front of a hundred million Americans, or they will feebly sit back and do nothing. The nation – and the PTC – is watching.”
The Super Bowl was watched by an estimated 110 million viewers. It's a family event and the NFL has gone to great lengths to hire acts they consider to be safe ever since Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" in 2004.
M.I.A. throwing up the middle finger during Super Bowl performance
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Comment by Moises Robles Velarde on February 9, 2012 at 2:26am -
Tell the parents council to shut the f*** up big deal if they had not made a big deal about this i would not have known tell me which person actually saw it live. Hey if you dont like it next year dont f****** watch it.
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Comment by tommy gauthier on February 7, 2012 at 3:37pm
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big f***** deal
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Comment by 11Brooklyn718 on February 7, 2012 at 2:57pm -
madonna was spreading her legs everywhere evry 10 seconds but stupid a** parent council is b******* about the middle finger? tell them to die
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Comment by 11Brooklyn718 on February 7, 2012 at 2:56pm
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waka flocka shouldve been the halftime show
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Comment by 11Brooklyn718 on February 7, 2012 at 2:54pm
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somebody tell the parents council to shut the f*** up and grow a pair..seriously...
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Comment by Mookie on February 7, 2012 at 1:07pm -
She's an a****** that's why not that many people like her
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Comment by Inca Peruvian Chico on February 7, 2012 at 12:45pm -
why would you throw up the middle finger when you know madd familys are watching? thats a stupid thing to do on her part
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Comment by Juicy Mane on February 7, 2012 at 1:16am -
shes a fuckhead i dont like her but its a smart move just to get some shine, a few more google hits n youtube views n possibly some a few thousand fansss
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Comment by DeLeon Hughes on February 6, 2012 at 11:47pm -
I swear, they are doing too much. Smh
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Comment by gilbert Bromley on February 6, 2012 at 10:52pm
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Deport her now ,
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