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FROM BRAGATE TO NIPPLEGATE
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FROM BRAGATE TO NIPPLEGATE  It is now ten years since the world witnessed the greatest blooper, Nipplegate. Above is Janet Jackson performing with Justin Timberlake at the 2004 Super Bowl. Nipplegate was televised live to an estimated 143 million people worldwide. While singing the line “Better have you naked by the end of this song” from the Rock Your Body song, Justin Timberlake pulled at Janet Jackson’s costume to reveal her right breast adorned with a sunburst-shaped nipple shield rather than her red lace bra as rehearsed. Sales of nipple shields soared after this incident. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) received over 540,000 complaints about Nipplegate from Americans, representing a sevenfold increase in complaints from previous years. FCC Chairman Michael Powell described the incident as “a classless, crass, and deplorable stunt”, though ten years later, he thought that the FCC had acted “unfairly” towards Janet Jackson. Soon after Nipplegate, the FCC unsuccessfully tried to fine Viacom, the company that owns both CBS that broadcasted and MTV that produced the show, a record $550,000. The FCC also increased its fine for each indecency violation from $27,500 to $325,000. Though Janet Jackson, unlike Justin Timberlake, apologised for the “wardrobe malfunction”, many US radio stations and television channels (including those owned by Viacom, refused to broadcast her music after the incident. According to the YouTube creator Jawed Karim, Nipplegate led to the creation of YouTube as he was unable to upload footage of the incident. Also, Facebook was launched three days after the incident to capitalise on the controversy. Nipplegate went viral on the Internet. ‘Janet Jackson’, according to the Guinness World Records, is the most searched term in Internet history. Professor Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University, stated: “I know many people in other countries are scratching their heads and thinking 'What in the world is the big fuss over there?'” Indeed. In Canada, only about 50 people complained to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council over the incident. A few years before Nipplegate, the UK witnessed Bragate. At the 2001 National Television Awards, the popular husband-and-wife television presenters Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan were given the Most Popular Daytime Programme award for their This Morning show. As they were being presented the award, Judy Finnigan’s jacket inadvertently fell open revealing her bra and her cleavage to a television audience of nearly 12 million people – see below. No one was outraged. There is speculation, currently not being investigated by the US Federal Communications Commission, that Janet Jackson met with Judy Finnigan to plan Nipplegate. Clearly a line needs to be drawn. First, we had Bragate and then we had Nipplegate - Titsgate, Pussygate, Cockgate and Ballsgate are sure to follow! What was all the fuss about Nipplegate? What is your favourite blooper? Have you been involved in a blooper whether of a sexual nature or not?  |
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1. Ah dinnae ken, a fine bit ay pappery if ye ask me!  2. Anything involving pollies making an arse of themselves. 3. Oh, countless, probably my worst ever was chatting up a girl I had a crush on, only to be told I was sporting a big crusty bogey! Needless to say I was never successful with her, though we were pals for several years before she moved away.
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I haven't a clue what all the fuss was about really....possibly just done for attention and boy they got it. My favourite.....Like Lindo....anything involving politicians. Me....hundreds no doubt but I have a convenient memory lol!!!  ~~Anais Nin~~
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I saw Nipplegate and believe the whole thing was staged and they expected the reaction they got. It gave them both another claim to fame! I never saw much because it happened so fast. You saw a little more when they showed the replay in slow motion. You are the second blogger I saw this morning with "NO" photos!
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We have come so far since then. Everybody freaked out over nothing. Now we have singers basically stripped on stage live and nobody gives a crap lol ...
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The fuss behind nipplegate can be summed up in three words, "the religious right". It will never happen again in the U.S. with the "profanity delay" between live and broadcast now being utilized. Find pleasure in giving pleasure
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Really fussing about nothing in my books. Never been involved in any blooper hugs V Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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Yes, these definitely qualify for "out takes"... Thanks for the historical update on that. Happy HNW! Kitkat The observant make the best lovers, I may not do right, but I do write, I have bliss, joy, and happiness in my life, Kitkat Come check out my blog KItkat1415 check out this post by me Adventures In Body Grooming #39 April Topic Link: What Lies Beneath If April Showers Oh Bloody Hell What Kind Of Weather Turns Me On Bloggers Symposium 40
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1. Ah dinnae ken, a fine bit ay pappery if ye ask me! 2. Anything involving pollies making an arse of themselves. 3. Oh, countless, probably my worst ever was chatting up a girl I had a crush on, only to be told I was sporting a big crusty bogey! Needless to say I was never successful with her, though we were pals for several years before she moved away.  
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I haven't a clue what all the fuss was about really....possibly just done for attention and boy they got it. My favourite.....Like Lindo....anything involving politicians. Me....hundreds no doubt but I have a convenient memory lol!!!
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It does seem highly suspicious that it was an accident but, even if stage-managed, it was a fuss over nothing.
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I love that term, wardrobe malfunction. My wardobe often malfunctions!
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I had to look up what cazzo means. My opinion of Pope Francis has gone higher now!
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I saw Nipplegate and believe the whole thing was staged and they expected the reaction they got. It gave them both another claim to fame! I never saw much because it happened so fast. You saw a little more when they showed the replay in slow motion. You are the second blogger I saw this morning with "NO" photos!
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We have come so far since then. Everybody freaked out over nothing. Now we have singers basically stripped on stage live and nobody gives a crap lol
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Ironically, it's perfectly legal for women to go bare chested in many areas of the US. New York City and Maine are two examples. There is a topless book reading club in NYC that reads books topless in Central Park. The "outrage" was manufactured by the right wing reactionaries and does not reflect the views of the majority of Americans, IMHO. A naked body is not evil.
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The fuss behind nipplegate can be summed up in three words, "the religious right". It will never happen again in the U.S. with the "profanity delay" between live and broadcast now being utilized.
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Really fussing about nothing in my books. Never been involved in any blooper hugs V
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Yes, these definitely qualify for "out takes"... Thanks for the historical update on that. Happy HNW! Kitkat
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I agree with you, it was all fluff.
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Nipplegate did look suspiciously staged. No doubt, we will be told the truth in time.
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I didn't see the incident either, just the clips afterwards. I've never watched a Super Bowl - they're always in the middle of the night here in the UK.
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...yawn............... Blue...
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They were naughty; they should have waited until you got back from the kitchen before doing it.
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Quite, Janet's nipple shield is far more appealing that Judy's bra!
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I agree with you that there is a time and place. If Nipplegate was an accident, then I think the outrage was a little over-done. But if it was planned, then that's very different.
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