Censoring TV, Movies, and Internet

We may not know it but our lives are constantly being censored. We have the FCC regulating the newspapers, radio, and TV. Then we have the MPA rating the films we see, and they have their say on whether it is suitable for children or not. The internet maybe regulated and slowly is being censored. There is one sensitive subject when we speak about internet censorship and that is Net Neutrality.

Wardrobe Malfunction

The FCC also known as The Federal Communication Commission is an independent US government agency charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, TV, satellite, and cable. Everyone probably have seen the 2004 fiasco of the Super Bowl Half time special performing the popular hit “Rock your Body” by Justin Timberlake and featuring Janet Jackson. In the song it said : I’m going to have your naked body at the end of the song,” and then Justin pulls off a part of the outfit and Mrs. Jackson’s nipple was publicly viewed by many Americans on public television. You would also notice that the nipple was practically covered by a by a metal star. Mrs. Jackson and her alone was penalized with a big fine even though Mr. Timberlake was clearly at faults as well.

Violence or sex?

The MPA is the rating system that tells us what is suitable fora certain age group. The big studio movies seem to get more leeway. Since NC 17 is not played in major theaters, studios and producers pull strings or keep re-submitting the film to the MPA to get an R or PG 13. Boys Don’t Crywas originally going to be NC 17 however, the director fought MPA to get it down to Rated R. They told her that she need to cut some scenes, one was the scene with Brandon wiping the cum of his face. She ended up cutting the cum scene. Then there was the violent rape scene and that was put into the final edited rated R version of the movie. One may ask questions to why was the wiping of cum scene as inappropriate as to the rape scene? It is because as American we have been accustomed to violence and we are sensitive when to sex.

Net Neutrality

Net Neutrality is the principle that the internet is a free space to the users, and that they should be able to access any web content that they choose or applications, in other words they should not have limitations or restrictions imposed by their Internet provider. For more information on net neutrality check out this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt0XUocViE. Voice your opinions and save the internet or be prepared to pay more for your internet.

The world we live in is heavily influenced by the media, and we have the head of Disney saying; “We have no obligation to make art; we have no obligation to make a statement. To make money is our only objective.” Michael Eisner, Chairman /CEO Disney. In saying this statement, what does he really mean? That the “art of films” is just a scam to make us believe that there was really an art? We will always have someone censoring us, but I believe that we should pass some sort of regulations on the groups regulating us. It is said that the air waves are free; if this statement is true then why is that the large corporations charge us o use the air waves. They are making profits on selling us what belongs to us.