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From AJR,   April/May 2004

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After pop star Janet Jackson exposed her right breast at the end of her Super Bowl halftime show, the Federal Communications Commission cracked down and headline writers stepped up.

By Jill Rosen
Jill Rosen is AJR's assistant managing editor     


After pop star Janet Jackson exposed her right breast at the end of her Super Bowl halftime show, the Federal Communications Commission cracked down and headline writers stepped up. Here's a sampling of headlines that ran in the days following "the incident":

Janet Jackson has another, um, single out
Arizona Republic

The Teat Offensive
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"

Super Bowl XXXVIII's "Tit"illating Moment Causing Major Stir
Hollywood.com

A little show and no tell: The breast show isn't as disturbing as the boobs who put it on.
Akron Beacon Journal

'Breast Bowl' outrage is just tempest in a D cup
Miami Herald

Trick or Teat? Nope, Just A Publicity Feat
Mediapost.com

Halftime fallout enrages the feds
Miami Herald

Tit for Tat: TV chiefs plan Grammy ban for stars
New York Post


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