Blunt Fonda Unbleeped
By Alex Weprin and John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/17/2008 7:00:00 PM
NBC's Meredith Vieira quickly apologized, and just as quickly the Parents Television Council complained after Jane Fonda spoke a bit too freely during an NBC Today interview where she unabashedly used the C-word.
Fonda used the slang word for female genitalia in referring to the title of the monologue she was asked to perform in The Vagina Monologues. The utterance was unbleeped.
After a commercial break, Vieira said Fonda "inadvertently said a word from the play that you don't say on television. It was a slip and, obviously, she apologizes and so do we. We would do nothing to offend the audience."
The incident comes soon after Diane Keaton used the F-word on Good Morning America.
The network runs the risk of FCC censure, but once again, after a court ruling, those rules are hazy.
The PTC, whose complaints helped drive the FCC's crackdown, was not amused. "If an NBC employee used the 'C-word' to another employee, that employee would be suspended or even fired," said PTC President and former NBC employee Tim Winter.
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Sorry I wasn't watching that episode of Today. It would have been entertaining to see the hasty apology, even as weak a response as it was. But, I wouldn;t have seen the segment even if I had been watching. As soon as Hanoi Jane comes on ANY show, I immediately switch channels.
Janet - 2/19/2008 10:32:00 AM EST
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