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US Parents TV Council have called MIA "selfish" and "desperate"

  • February 7, 2012
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The 'furore' over MIA's middle finger continues as The Sun report a 'source' as saying that Madonna is "livid" at the attention stealing rapper.

The source claims "MIA did nothing similar in rehears­als. Nobody knew she was going to pull this stunt".

This follows the news that MIA could be per­son­ally liable for any FCC imposed sanction on either the NFL or broad­caster NBC. TMZ report that per­formers "agreed to indemnify the NFL for any money it might be forced to pay if the FCC comes down on the Peacock Network". Janet Jackson's nipple was given a bill of $550,000 for its appear­ance in 2004, though the fine was later dismissed on appeal.

Meanwhile lobby group The Parents Television Council has said in a statement: "NBC fumbled and the NFL lied because a performer known as MIA felt it necessary to flip off millions of families." They described the gesture as "the selfish acts of a desperate performer".

They went on to criticise the half time show as a "lineup full of per­formers who have based their careers on shock, profanity and tit­il­la­tion. Instead of pre­vent­ing indecent material, [NBC and NFL] enabled it".

They added that MIA's gesture was "effect­ively telling an audience filled with children, ‘F–you.’"

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