Archive for the ‘TV Censorship’ Category
Sunday, June 28th, 2009
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Was Bruno censored on Rove? Sure, it might be down to a TV glitch, but the gay fashionista's comment about a "wife getting as much sex as [SILENT]" appears to have been a tad too controversial for Channel 10 (c'mon it was too well placed to ...
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Monday, June 8th, 2009
by John Lacey
Whether you think the Chaser sketch was funny or not, offensive or not, the words of the ABC managing director Mark Scott seem really rather ominous.
We need to fully review the ABC's approval processes for programs that deliberately challenge public attitudes.
Programs that 'deliberately challenge public attitudes' require greater ...
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Friday, June 5th, 2009
by John Lacey
Following complaints over a skit in The Chaser's War On Everything, ABC Managing Director Mark Scott has indicated that broadcast approval procedures will be re-examined.
We're going to look at those processes ... I mean we all know that The Chaser push the edges and it's a tightrope that ...
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Don't think too much just bust that kick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Lyrics like these and sexually-charged visuals is why channel Ten's in-house censors have rated Lady GaGa's music video for her ...
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
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You've probably seen the dodgy previews for Scorched running all week on Channel 9 (or the fake websites). What you might not have known is that the NSW State Government dropped their support for the show ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Not three complaints. Not even two. One single complaint about Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares which aired in March was enough for the ACMA to declare that the language used in the episode exceeded its M Classification. It should have been MA15+.
Channel Nine does accept Ramsay's use of the word 'cunt' probably ...
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Big Brother is over. Let us now rejoice in the outrage it stirred up over the years.
5. Little people can be porn stars
If porn scandals are ratings winners, imagine the magnitude of a porn scandal involving a midget? Too bad for the media though -- their porn scandal turned out ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
The ACMA has ruled Channel Ten breached the TV Code when it aired a sexy episode of Californication in October 2007. Threesomes, oral sex, rear-entry penetration, and female ejaculation proved too much for two viewers, who complained to 10 and later the ACMA.
ACMA found that sexual activity depicted in a ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Okay, we all know the only reason News.com.au published a story about a former AbbyWinters (NSFW) model and current contestant on Channel Nine's The Farmer Wants A Wife is because the mention of boobs is a surefire click booster. At the end of the day it's her business if she ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
The Senate Inquiry into Naughty Words on TV (or Senator Cory Bernardi's quest to wash Gordon Ramsay's mouth out with soap) has resulted not in calls for more censorship, but a recommendation that all digital televisions sold in Australia be fitted with a parental lock out system.
The inquiry also recommended ...
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