Jackson: Much ado about nothing

Super Bowl XXXVIII was a visually spectacular evening of sports and musical entertainment. The patriots won 32-29 on a fourth quarter field goal with only four seconds remaining to end the game. That wasn’t the only moment that brought us to our feet. Halftime had a jaw dropping, wide-eyed, ‘did you see that’, surprise. Janet Jackson was exposed to the world. To be more precise, her right breast made an appearance of it’s own. It happened during a performance with Justin Timberlake when he ripped off a piece of her wardrobe. A red-laced bra was supposed to be exposed but instead her breast made a super bowl debut. Janet made her apologies and said that it was a last minute stunt that had went terribly awry. Did you hear what she said America? IT WAS A MISTAKE! The NFL wants to blame CBS. CBS wants to blame MTV. MTV doesn’t know whom to blame. How about we blame the media and the internet? What about placing blame on the photographers who sold and circulated the pictures through different news medias? Why not blame technology, with its introduction of TiVo. The incident happened so fast that you had to question yourself as to what did you see. The FCC is making a big fuss over something that was a mistake or maybe even a bad decision. Everyone is a little red faced right now, but do we really need to investigate what we see in television programming everyday. Parents want to protect their children and that is understandable. Children see and hear things that we try to protect them from. It’s our roles as parents to guide and help them understand those things. The executives at CBS and the NFL wanted something that would keep audiences in their seats. They laid with dogs and got bit. Lick your wounds of embarrassment and move on. Celebrate a wonderful season and a spectacular super bowl. As for the FCC, I’m pretty sure they will continue the good work but let’s keep up the good work on something that’s more worthwhile. Ms. Jackson, I’m sure there are many more escapades waiting to be revealed.