D**k in a Box Protest
01/02/07
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(Contact Music) Some conservative family groups are furious over NBC's decision to release an unbleeped version of a Saturday Night Live boy-band parody, "D**k in a Box," on YouTube and its own website. In an interview with TV Week, Daniel Weiss of Focus on the Family, said that the effect of NBC's action was to provide a bleeped version for adults while making the uncensored version available on the Internet, where it would most likely be seen by children. Melissa Caldwell, director of programs for the Parents Television Council, the organization that has instigated most of the complaints to the FCC about indecent programs, had a similar reaction. "It's an end run around parents and they are putting it in a Web environment occupied and used by children and teens," she said.[see full story for more] - Click here for the Full Story --- [If you're over 18, click here to check out the video on YouTube]
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