Pro-choice by pro-athletes

Planned Parenthood plans to run this pro-choice ad on Superbowl Sunday to counter an anti-abortion ad featuring Tim Tebow. This is a sophisticated spot that gets its point across without being confrontational. I do admire the work done to put it together. Then again, I suspect that tens of millions of people will see these two ads and not a single person will change his/her opinion on the issue of abortion.

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FCC still obsessed with Janet Jackson’s nipple

As though the FCC doesn't have real work to do (media over-consolidation, net neutrality, diversity in broadcasting).   No, the FCC is still worked up about Janet Jackson's breast, which "flashed for nine-sixteenths of a second during her [2004 Superbowl] performance with Justin Timberlake." Egads!  I hope that the numerous young…

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