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Posted by RenderedDream on Jul-20-2004 14:37:

MTV Swearing censoring

my siss was listening to mtv and they tuned eamon - fuck it
and i noticed they distorted the shit and fuck words
why did they do it? is it illegal to swear in the US ?

Posted by montana on Jul-20-2004 14:55:

no offence, but have you been living under a rock?

Posted by RenderedDream on Jul-20-2004 14:58:

no i just hate mtv and never listen to it and i think it's fucking stupid censor lyrics

Posted by Ian on Jul-20-2004 14:58:

it's done on nearly all tv before the watershed here

apart from those really dodgy channels... like bbc

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Jul-20-2004 15:03:

In the day they edit it out, and quite often at night. A lot of music channels, like Kerrang, have X-Rated hours, where they show all videos unedited.

Posted by montana on Jul-20-2004 15:05:

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Originally posted by RenderedDream
no i just hate mtv and never listen to it and i think it's fucking stupid censor lyrics

well, mtv are hypocrits (big ones), but mtv us & mtv europe is not the same, while mtv us is just bloated crap music tv with ammount of fixation of sex with ammounts of bleeping & censoring, mtv europe is just like videos all the fucking time with some dodgy own produced shows mixed with crap shows from the us, mtv europe has shown many videos without censoring & bleeping after 9-10 in the evening, mtv europe has also shown videos that mtv us would never show on regular primetime. mtv chooses to censor videos & songs just because of the fact that children can see it, i mean

Posted by Icesotope on Jul-20-2004 15:07:

i remember hearing fatboy slim's star 69 on radio... damn lol

Posted by NiteMer on Jul-20-2004 15:22:

Yeah. Generally speaking television in the US is a lot more censored than that of Europe. You would never spot breasts on a commercial here, whereas, Norway I have seen it many times. One time, really late at night, I saw "Smack My Bitch Up" on MTV here in the states. That kind of thing is uber rare and I was pretty shocked to see it on a non-movie channel. Shocked, but pretty pleased, to be honest.

Posted by A.J. on Jul-20-2004 15:47:

I don't know if any of you know it but Channel [V] in Australia shows clips all the time with swearing, in the middle of the day (afternoon). That's definitely cool. Still, most radio stations bleep out swear words on the radio, and MTV beeps out swearing as well.

That doesn't really effect me much anyway because i only ever watch Music channels at night (for the shows) or very late on the weekend when they have the dance music shows. Electronica doesn't have swearing (mostly)

Posted by Krypton on Jul-20-2004 15:47:

its called the "FCC" administration. u cant swear in music thats on the radio or tv. large tv networks cant have any programming with swearing in it, they make the movie ratings "G, PG, PG13, R, X", they make the "Parental Advisory" on the CD labels, and rate all video games.

u cant see naked people either. they only show shoulders or a big fuzzy thing over their parts.

its gay, we know.

Posted by Haak on Jul-20-2004 16:39:

what's even more annoying is that they've started censoring EVERYTHING. i mean all brand names on people's t-shirts etc
on the osbourne's they even censored dog shit

Posted by th0m on Jul-20-2004 17:01:

It's pathetic, especially when they start blurring when somebody sticks out their middle finger.

Posted by flavdave on Jul-20-2004 17:08:

quote:
Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
its called the "FCC" administration. u cant swear in music thats on the radio or tv. large tv networks cant have any programming with swearing in it, they make the movie ratings "G, PG, PG13, R, X", they make the "Parental Advisory" on the CD labels, and rate all video games.

u cant see naked people either. they only show shoulders or a big fuzzy thing over their parts.

its gay, we know.

The FCC doesn't do all of that. They only regulate broadcast media (radio, TV).

Movie ratings - Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) - other countries rate movies too
Parental advisory - Recording Industry of America (RIAA)
Video game ratings - Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB)

Posted by Wraith on Jul-20-2004 17:15:

quote:
Originally posted by flavdave
The FCC doesn't do all of that. They only regulate broadcast media (radio, TV).

Movie ratings - Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) - other countries rate movies too
Parental advisory - Recording Industry of America (RIAA)
Video game ratings - Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB)

Yep, the FCC is only involved in anything that is broadcast in any way shape or form (radio, television, wire, satellite and cable) and they've become very censor happy as of late.

Posted by NiteMer on Jul-20-2004 17:24:

That is wack. When t-shirt and hat brands and dog shit are censored, you have to wonder. Might as well live in Communism.

Posted by Fundamental on Jul-20-2004 17:31:

quote:
Originally posted by th0m
It's pathetic, especially when they start blurring when somebody sticks out their middle finger.

I think it's fair enough censoring swearing at early times, but censoring dog crap is taking it a bit too far...

Posted by Trazedict on Jul-20-2004 17:43:

truly,
the american dream is to get the fuck out of here.

Posted by Kinde on Jul-20-2004 17:44:

quote:
Originally posted by Haak
on the osbourne's they even censored dog shit

MTV's censorship is a joke... they also censored it when Ozzy and Sharon took a sip of wine at their wedding vow renewal ceremony. Then they show these tits and ass hip hop videos all day...

Posted by flavdave on Jul-20-2004 17:46:

quote:
Originally posted by Nite-Mer
That is wack. When t-shirt and hat brands and dog shit are censored, you have to wonder. Might as well live in Communism.

The FCC doesn't have anything to do with censoring logos on t-shirts, hats, soda cans, etc. That is up to the network. The reason they do that is for advertising purposes. For example, since we are talking about MTV, let's say Coca-Cola is a sponsor for the Real World. They pay for an ad to air during the Real World. Now let's say in one of the episodes one of the people is drinking a Pepsi. MTV will blur the Pepsi can because Pepsi paid $0 for the exposure of their brand while Coke pays $10,000 or whatever. Don't you think that would piss off Coke and lead them to pull their product if Pepsi got free exposure? That would result in a loss of a lot of money for MTV. And the reason why they do the same with clothing company logos is because MTV makes a lot of money off clothing companies for advertising.

Posted by NiteMer on Jul-20-2004 17:53:

I can understand the business end of it, but it still kind of sucks. And I agree with the hip-hop video comment. Those videos are ridiculous, yet ok, and drinking wine can't be shown. Lame.

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Jul-20-2004 18:04:

quote:
Originally posted by Nite-Mer
That is wack. When t-shirt and hat brands and dog shit are censored, you have to wonder. Might as well live in Communism.

Somebody call Rage Against the Machine!

Come to think of it, has anyone seen the video for Killing in the Name? I'd like to see them blank out all the fucks from that!

Posted by JM007 on Jul-20-2004 18:15:

They should censor the hole track it's complete crap (rhymes!)

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Jul-20-2004 18:17:

quote:
Originally posted by JM007
They should censor the hole track it's complete crap (rhymes!)

How very wrong you are.

Posted by flavdave on Jul-20-2004 18:18:

quote:
Originally posted by JM007
They should censor the hole track it's complete crap (rhymes!)

That doesn't rhyme. And RATM is/was an awesome band.

Posted by NiteMer on Jul-20-2004 18:58:

Good song. I heard it on the radio. They cut the song before the "fuck you, I won't do what they tell me" part.

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