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WASHINGTON CBS today said it was paying a proposed $550,000 fine so it could legally challenge regulators who ruled that the baring of Janet Jackson’s breast during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime broadcast was indecent.
The payment, submitted only because it is a prerequisite for legal action, and the court challenge were both to be filed today, the network said in a statement. CBS said it would ask the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s finding that the brief breast exposure violated federal indecency law.
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