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From: ag5@pucc-k (Henry C. Mensch)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: MTV Censorship
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Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 14:02:08 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 17 14:02:08 1984
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>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...

	It seems to me that MTV ought to realize that gay people are 
also part of their audience and that, although it might offend some people,
they *do* have an obligation to serve that portion of their audience.  They
show all kinds of sexist videos (where man is supreme, and woman is not much
of anything; where you find women in chains and all kinds of other goodies);
I am sure that this offends others in their audience.  If the feminists 
were to get upset about this, those videos would surely go by the wayside
quickly.

	The point:  LET THE AUDIENCE DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE/HEAR!
If there are those in the audience who, after seeing the Bronski Beat
and listening to their stuff, don't want them on MTV because they
advocate alternative lifestyles, then they can express their opinion to
the MTV management, which can then decide (based on these viewer opinions
whether or not this video is appropriate for their audience.

	BTW, this sort of censorship is the problem with network 
(ABC|CBS|NBC) TV . . . they assume that their audience cannot think
for themselves.
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