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Article: 2004 gets the booby prize It was a very bad year in TV and radio, dominated by one over-exposed moment in time.(Time Out!)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- December 31, 2004
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Byline: Ted Cox Daily Herald TV/Radio Columnist
One infamous incident shook the entire mass-media world in 2004. It caused a cultural backlash and dictated seismic programming shifts in TV and radio. The image dominated the year the same way the collapse of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center dominated 2001.
Yet, put in those terms, comparing it to Sept. 11, doesn't it seem just a wee bit silly?
With the help of Justin Timberlake, Janet Jackson bared a breast and a star-shaped "nipple shield" in the middle of the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVIII. It passed in the blink of an eye, and even among those who were watching most people never ...