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This story originally appeared in the Jackson Free Press. It was added to the Mississippi Free Press website in 2025.
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WJTV-12 might have to break out its checkbook and write the FCC a check for $27,500 or more. Why? The FCC has promised to investigate the “deplorable stunt” during the Super Bowl halftime when Justin Timberlame ripped off a piece of Janet Jackson’s costume, exposing her right breast. The action appears to have been anything but spontaneous. The FCC is also miffed about the crotch grabbing by male performers during the show. CBS faces a big fine and the FCC could fine each station that aired the halftime show up to 27.5K per violation. Anybody count how many times the male performers grabbed their packages? … Meanwhile, Doctor S knows every American will be relieved to learn that President Bush slept through the entire thing.

MTV erased its pregame promise of “shocking moments” from its Web site. But it’s not so easy to get rid of something that’s been on the Web ….

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.