Word: cbs
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...which reminds me - if you?ll allow an aging mind to meander toward today?s subject - of a feature that aired on ?CBS Sunday Morning? last July 6. Correspondent Martha Teichner, who bought a home on Seabrook Island, S.C., because of its porch, interviewed Michael Dolan, author of ?The American Porch: An Informal History of an Informal Place,? and accompanied him on visits to a number of Southern homes. The gentry still have front porches (some skirting three sides of the house), still sit out there and gas, keeping alive the oral-communal tradition. We learn that the porch...
...flagrant displays of inappropriate behavior are left for public consumption. As for the words deleted, the determination of what can and cannot be said (and when) on network television is bound by complicated legal codes. Due to this strange condition, for last week’s Grammy Awards telecast, CBS employed an astounding 5-minute video delay to preempt any “indecent” or “obscene” material from finding its way into living rooms nationwide. In the wake of the silly Super Bowl controversy, NBC deleted a brief scene from...
...certain age now. She doesn't want to keep getting on planes. She's very wise to do what she's doing." MIKE WALLACE, 85, of CBS's 60 Minutes, on 72-year-old Barbara Walters' decision to step down from ABC's 20/20...
...been so overblown. Janet has apologized and explained that it went too far. The powers that be act like she committed murder! CBS has top-rated CSI, a show which shows graphic corpses, and the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Isn't it time this right-winged puritanical tide in this country stop? Censorship and restrictions only make a society more subversive and people act out. Let's move on to something worth talking about. Gregory Los Angeles, Calif...
...There's no doubt that a punishment should be handed to someone, but who? CBS is responsible for the broadcast, MTV is responsible for producing the show, Janet and Justin are responsible for the lack of moral judgement and last but certainly not least are the parents of Janet and Justin for their failure to teach the difference between right and wrong. Chris Bragg Jane Lew, W.Va...