Archive for the ‘TV Censorship’ Category
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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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Down Syndrome families and advocacy groups are outraged that Channel 7 hospital drama All Saints insinuated the child of a fictional brother and sister involved in an incestuous relationship would likely have Down Syndrome. Apologies are now being demanded and Down Syndrome Australia is lobbying major advertisers to boycott the ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Sam Newman has been temporarily boned by Nine after his recent on screen antics angered AFL execs and a group of women footballers. Nine says he came back to work after having surgery way too soon. Watch the clips below:
Cheryl Laredo comments on News.com.au:
'So what excuse does Channel Nine offer ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
The ACMA is investigating claims by extreme-right Christian group Festival of Light (FoL) that the Nine Network crime series Underbelly breached television classification guidelines on five different occasions.
According to News Ltd, the FoL complaint suggests strong coarse language, drug use and nudity have all been aired at an inappropriate time. ...
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
South Australian Liberal Party Senator, Cory Bernardi, has called for an examination into the effectiveness of the broadcasting codes of practice for radio and television.
Why? Bernardi isn't happy that the chef famous for swearing, Gordon Ramsay, swears on Australian TV.
Supposedly, Channel 9 broadcast Ramsay saying cunt in an episode of ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
News.com.au says Channel Nine's new show Underbelly has a "violent bashing, a sex scene, liberal use of the "F" word and a graphic shooting in cold blood - and that's the first 20 minutes."
Naturally, family groups like the AFA (the same people who said a stage play that depicted Jesus ...
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