Canadian Comedian Fined $42,000 for Telling a Joke

Re:Canadian Comedian Fined $42,000 for Telling a Joke by dghughes on Friday August 19, 2016 @12:19PM (#12321148)

Then again I find it annoying how media in Canada has become so "Americanized".

Censoring product labels with blur, bleeping out the word ass I mean come on even my conservative grandmother said ass. Then there is censoring of any and all nudity which was rare when I was a kid you'd often see bare breasts on TV at 8pm in the evening.

Now every damn show has "warning some viewers may be offended by strong language or adult ...blah blah blah.

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Re:Canadian Comedian Fined $42,000 for Telling a Joke by dmcginty on Friday August 19, 2016 @02:14PM (#12322113)

Blurring product labels isn't about censorship; it's usually because shows that go to syndication don't want to violate any promotional clauses. Like, if I'm a television station and one of my primary sponsors is Coca Cola, I probably can't (or at least shouldn't) buy a show that shows a person conspicuously drinking a Pepsi.

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Re:Canadian Comedian Fined $42,000 for Telling a Joke by dghughes on Friday August 19, 2016 @11:37PM (#12325059)

I understand the reason for the blurring but the suppressing of an image at the request of a rival seems to be censorship.

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