Little Genius who?

Six days before the premiere of the Fox show “Our Little Genius” the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) stopped it from airing.

The FCC received a letter December 22, 2009 from a family whose child was to appear in the show. The letter included comments saying that the child received answers by a program’s production staff member.

Four days before the child was to go on for taping, the parents, child and staff member had a review of topics that could be potentially asked. During this review the letter stated that the staff member had given the child answers to at least four questions the child either did not know or was not sure about.

The child’s appearance on the show was canceled because his or her parents asked questions about some of the planned questions.

This show is under investigation because of section 508 of the Communications Act of 1934. This section “makes it illegal for anyone to give, with the intent to deceive the viewing or listening public, assistance that will affect the outcome.”

It honestly makes me loss hope for these contestant game shows. It is hard to believe that nothing now-a-days is rigged for a specific person to win or gain a leg up on someone else. What happened to honest winning fun? Now it is all about ratings and publicity.

Mistaken Identity

Who thought that the American-Canadian actor Michael J. Fox was also a well known marathon hero!!!

During a taping of the Today Show, the anchor lady mistaken the identity of the Canadian marathon runner Terry Fox with the known actor Michael J. Fox.

Terry Fox is known for raising millions of dollars for cancer research. He is also deceased and even had a prosthetic leg.

Unfortunately during the video taping they don't show if the anchor lady even corrected herself after making the shocking mistake.

I always thought news anchors and reports knew a little something about what they were about to report on, before actually reporting on it. I wonder if she didn't do her homework learning the facts, or just got a little nerves and forgot. And why didn't anyone correct her is what I want to know. Come on people!!!

Animal Cruelty protects abuse against all animals.

Who would have thought that even the rat is protected from animal abuse. British broadcaster for the show "I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here" got convicted for animal cruelty.

Australia's charges against two reality show contestants came after they killed and ate a rat. Though it was not the eating of the rat that caused a law suit. It was the rat's painfully long scream before dying that raised the animal cruelty flag. The 90 seconds it took for the rat to die was to long.

If the two contestants are convicted they can face up to three years in prison.

I honestly can't believe that. Domesticated animals I could understand, but it is just a rat. A nasty, dirty rat that these people are being convicted and sentenced for. I guess if it is animal cruelty that just what it is, no matter what type of animal it may be. The law doesn't discriminate against any animal.

Super Bowl commercials making controversy!

Last week it was Tim Tebow's commercial on abortion set to air during the Super Bowl. This week the controversy is the rejection of a Gay Dating site called ManCrunch's commercial to air.

Though the Super Bowl sold out of all their alloted commercial slots this is not the reason for the rejection.

CBS simply stated, "After reviewing the ad - which is entirely commercial in nature - our Standards and Practices department decided not to accept this particular spot. As always, we are open to working with the client on alternative submissions."

After this rejection ManCrunch spokesperson Elissa Buchter, said that CBS was discriminating against the gay dating commercial.

The money is not the problem Buchter goes on to say, if it was a commercial with a man and woman kissing they would have allowed it.

You can view the commercial through the first link above. When I saw the commercial I did not really see anything wrong with the it. It was actually quite comical, like it was suppose to be a joke. You really don't see the advertisement of the dating site for that long.

This is possibly why they rejected it, not because it is a gay dating site, but because it lacks a serious effort.

The news article also stated that this commercial could have been put together just to be rejected, for the publicity it would bring forth.