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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: MTV Censorship
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Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 09:16:38 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 14 09:16:38 1984
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{ Take 2 }

Wait a second!

You're planning on doing nasty things to MTV because they aren't showing
your favourite video?  Oh come on now!

Okay, let's say that MTV is specifically saying that "No, we won't show this
video because it has gays in it."  So?  It's THEIR network.  Their music
director (or video director) had to make a decision.  Why did she make this
decision?  Well, let's see...

Last I saw, MTV's audience was made up primarily of middle-to-upper class
teenagers.  This is why you see so much Duran Duran and Billy Idol and
the like.  Possibly, MTV feels that the subject matter of the song is one
that their audience might not like.  Now, I admit, the fact that they might
not like homosexuality but have no qualms about women in chains might be
considered by many a sad state of affairs, it none-the-less exists.  MTV,
therefore, doesn't show them because they do not wish to alienate their
audience.

By the way, the idea of contacting the ACLU about this is rather silly.
Watching Videos of Your Choice is not one of the rights granted to everyone
by the bill of rights.

'nuff said about this.  Does anyone know whether MTV is showing the video
for "I Believe in Father Christmas"?
--
"Santa Claus is Computer Literate!"               Peter Merchant