How did Madonna cause controversy at Superbowl XLVI?

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x1 obscene gesture x1 expletive Super Bowl Half-Time Show Controversy Prompts Apologies From NBC & NFL By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday February 5, 2012 Eight years after Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction," the Super Bowl half-time show has produced another controversy. During tonight's show, headlined by Madonna, one of the guest singers, British rapper M.I.A., gave viewers the finger directly into the camera, and NBC's censors weren't fast enough to obscure it. The network, which carries the Super Bowl this year, attempted to blur the gesture but was late by almost a second. "We apologize for the inappropriate gesture that aired during halftime," the network's spokesperson said. "It was a spontaneous gesture that our delay system caught late." NBC also noted that it is the NFL and not the network that hires and produces the half-time show. NFL used srronger language in its statement, putting the blame for the accident squarely on its broadcast partner. "There was a failure in NBC's delay system," the league said. "The obscene gesture in the performance was completely inappropriate, very disappointing, and we apologize to our fans." M.I.A., who according to accounts was PG during rehearsals, also seemed to drop an expletive ("I don't give a s**t") during the performance, but it wasn't clearly audible. The incident is bound to bring back into the spotlight the "fleeting expletive" debate, which reached all the way to the Supreme Court. It may trigger a prolonged legal battle for the NBC stations - the Janet Jackson case was finally put to rest a couple of months ago after multiple rounds through the court system. http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/super-bowl-half-time-show-controversy-prompts-apologies-from-nbc-nfl/ Feb 06 12, 5:57 AM

Spaudrey

The obscene word SPOKEN, I believe, is identical to the recently released song, where she simply says the opening consonants, "SHHH", and stops. I don't believe this was censored, in fact from my beliefs it was lip synched and therefore couldn't have been altered. I haven't heard any uproar over Cee-Lo's lyric from his hit song from last year where he sings, "Ain't that some SHHH", so if they're going to bring the spoken word up, they have a double standard. The obscene GESTURE should be all they look at for this performance. M.I.A. will get some flak over this, but until today (NOT last night, I had no idea who she was even after the performance was over), I didn't know who she was. I knew LMFAO, I knew Nicki Minaj, didn't know M.I.A. I do now. So, she got what she wanted. Feb 06 12, 10:32 AM