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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Why Censorship Ruins American Televison

Issue: What does that have to do with sports?

Short Answer: Honestly, not much.

Reasoning: But, when I see funny stuff, I am always trying to figure out a way to post it here.  And, I promise this post is about sports.  Sort of.  You see, The Daily Sport is a tabloid "newspaper" published in the dentally unhygienic United Kingdom.  They talk funny too.  I have never seen or heard of The Daily Sport, so, allow me to let Wikipedia (I realize it is not a trusted source, but sometimes they have exactly what I need, and I can't imagine someone would purposely publish false information about The Daily Sport - but it's possible) to do it for me:

"The Sport does not focus on political news or world events...[i]nstead, its news coverage indulges more in yellow journalism, with an emphasis on celebrities, bad behaviour and toilet humour [HA - they spell funny too!]...Recent editorial policy has meant an end to [ridiculous] stories and an increased focus on celebrity news and sexual revelations...The Sport often publishes fake nude pictures of celebrities and also paparazzi "upskirt" and "downblouse" or nipple slip pictures. The fake nude pictures are published with the appropriate disclaimers and captions, although the front cover image is often accompanied by a titillating caption."

Ok.  Maybe that just confused you more.  From doing more research, I have found that The Sport specializes in three things: women's breasts, sports (see, told you it was appropriate for this blog), and funny stuff.  It sounds like whomever came up with this idea had a pretty good idea of what they were doing.  Call me crazy.  So, what does this have to do with censorship and American television?  The following commercial would never, ever, be aired in America (duh).  It is a commercial for The Daily Sport newspaper, and it made me laugh out loud.  All five times I watched it.  I must warn you though, there are half-naked breasts and abrasive words contained in this video.  I know that won't stop my male readers from viewing, but I wanted to warn my female readers (all 3 of them) about the content.  This video is not, however, so over-the-top that it will offend anyone (unfortunately).  Oh, and don't watch it at work with the volume turned up.  Enjoy!

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