NBC gets indecency fine for Olympus Mons photo

[W.F. Tomba]

NBC fined for indecency in "Martian volcano" photo
Associated News Fri 04/01/05 02:05 EDT (19:05 GMT)

Washington---The Federal Communications Commission has issued a $500,000 fine to NBC for a recent news report in which a photograph, said to depict a volcano on the surface of Mars, was displayed on the screen for several seconds. The FCC said it received thousands of complaints from concerned parents saying that the image, which aired during a news segment about recent scientific discoveries, was actually a close-up of a woman's nipple.

NBC representative Arlo P. Foli has insisted that the photograph showed exactly what the program claimed it showed.

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"After reviewing the tapes, we have come to the conclusion that the concerns of the viewers who complained to us were valid," said Kevin J. Martin, the newly appointed FCC chairman. "Although it was displayed with a caption reading 'Olympus Mons, largest volcano in the Solar System,' the image does indeed appear to depict a nipple, most likely that of an elderly woman."

"While someone at NBC News may have thought this was a funny joke, we don't think nudity on television is anything to laugh at," Martin added.

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[Russ]

Some people have noooooooo sense of humor! :roll:

[Normandy6644]

Man, I really hope that's an April Fool's joke.

[Normandy6644]

Okay, I can't find that article anywhere, so I'm gonna have to clap my hands to you Tomba. =D>

[Candy]

I wonder how they got ahold of my private photos. :o

[Grey]

NBC representative Arlo P. Foli...
Hmm, Arlo P. Foli. Now where have I heard that name before?

[frogesque]

I'm with Normandy6644, I can't find the item either. Quite a lot of references to NBC and Bono's indiscretion but nothing about Olympus Mons.

So Yeah :lol: =D> =D> =D> very brilliant 8)

[beskeptical]

Man, I really hope that's an April Fool's joke.And a pretty dumb one at that.

[Superluminal]

Stands to reason: If Mars has a face, it should have a nipple. And since Mars is 4.6 billion years old, of course it would look like an old womans. Has anyone asked Hoagland about it? :P

[Normandy6644]

Man, I really hope that's an April Fool's joke.And a pretty dumb one at that.

I thought it was pretty funny.

[Musashi]

Just remember,

Some people have noooooooo sense of humor! :roll:

[Vega115]

http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t309/T309627A.jpg

^ a picture of Olympus Mons...

I can kinda...sorta see it...if it was a nipple, then that would have to be around 30x magnification...at a quick glance, I can see how someone could mistake it..

[W.F. Tomba]

http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t309/T309627A.jpg

^ a picture of Olympus Mons...

I can kinda...sorta see it...if it was a nipple, then that would have to be around 30x magnification...at a quick glance, I can see how someone could mistake it..

Push your chair back a couple of feet, squint your eyes, and look at this one:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/systme.solaire/olympus%20mons.jpg

No? Maybe I'm just obsessed.

[frogesque]

http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t309/T309627A.jpg

^ a picture of Olympus Mons...

I can kinda...sorta see it...if it was a nipple, then that would have to be around 30x magnification...at a quick glance, I can see how someone could mistake it..

Push your chair back a couple of feet, squint your eyes, and look at this one:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/systme.solaire/olympus%20mons.jpg

No? Maybe I'm just obsessed.

Yeah! But if you use a magnifying glass on your monitor ...

[Evan]

Another Mars feature to add to the collection...

http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/science/61481

[frogesque]

Another Mars feature to add to the collection...

http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/science/61481

Hmm.. Weekly World News! Well even a stoped watch with a date on it is right once a year :wink:

[mike alexander]

Very good!

Brought back menories of the duel between Dib and the Face on Mars with Zim and the Butt on Mercury.

[Jpax2003]

http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t309/T309627A.jpg

^ a picture of Olympus Mons...

I can kinda...sorta see it...if it was a nipple, then that would have to be around 30x magnification...at a quick glance, I can see how someone could mistake it..

Push your chair back a couple of feet, squint your eyes, and look at this one:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/systme.solaire/olympus%20mons.jpg

No? Maybe I'm just obsessed.Someone resembles that image!?!? :o

[Daryl71]

Are you seeing what I'm seeing? - Michael Collins :lol:

[Charlie in Dayton]

Arlo P. Foli...ain't he the second cousin to Lirpa Loof? :-k

[jfribrg]

Are we allowed to post any anatomical pictures here? For comparison purposes only :)

[Jpax2003]

Are we allowed to post any anatomical pictures here? For comparison purposes only :)Are you in need of some validation? :-s

[Gullible Jones]

Well, first off, a mirror should help provide sufficient validation.

Second, a closeup of someone's nipple is hardly sexual... No more sexual than a closeup of someone's ear, really.

[Jpax2003]

Well, first off, a mirror should help provide sufficient validation.

Second, a closeup of someone's nipple is hardly sexual... No more sexual than a closeup of someone's ear, really.hmmm, do you think the BA will be ok with it? :-k

[Lurker]

http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t309/T309627A.jpg

^ a picture of Olympus Mons...

I can kinda...sorta see it...if it was a nipple, then that would have to be around 30x magnification...at a quick glance, I can see how someone could mistake it..

Hey!! Get that breast off this web site!! [-(

:wink:

[Evan]

Why does the entire perimeter seem to end so abruptly? Was it an ocean that stopped the lava flows?

[Candy]

Why does the entire perimeter seem to end so abruptly? Was it an ocean that stopped the lava flows?
Shouldn't that be lactating flows? :lol:

[Evan]

I wouldn't know, from personal experience.

[Moose]

Are we allowed to post any anatomical pictures here? For comparison purposes only :)

Are you in need of some validation? :-s

Well, first off, a mirror should help provide sufficient validation.

Validation. Is that what they're calling it these days? :P

[Jpax2003]

Are we allowed to post any anatomical pictures here? For comparison purposes only :)

Are you in need of some validation? :-s

Well, first off, a mirror should help provide sufficient validation.

Validation. Is that what they're calling it these days? :PWhen you are parking you need to stick your ticket in and get it stamped.