Yeah, sometimes I plug for news online although they don't pay me nutfhing:(
And also I sometimes stole sume from another although so far they have not sent me a loyar buluk's letter:(:(
After today, I "may" cease and desist! The key word is "may" and that comes around another Miss April, partially clad, half-full or compleatly fooled, leaves the stage.Meanwhile,I saulte Joshua Wong, whoever thou art and may the GOod Lord bless media people such as YOU!
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US networks blasted for shunning plus-sized models
NEW YORK, April 22 — Lane Bryant is up in arms that two networks — Fox and ABC — have resisted airing a sexy lingerie ad featuring busty, plus-sized models in time periods where the networks have broadcast other racy fare.
In a post on LB’s Inside Curve blog, the clothing company complains that “ABC and Fox have made the decision to define beauty for you by denying our new, groundbreaking Cacique commercial from airing freely on their networks.”
The ad, which was initially available on YouTube and at lanebryant.com/sexy, has since been removed.
The post also claims that ABC “restricted our airtime” and refused to air the spot during “Dancing With the Stars,” while Fox “demanded excessive re-edits and rebuffed it three times before relenting to air it during the final 10 minutes of ‘American Idol,’ but only after we threatened to pull the ad buy.”
The post continues: “Yes, these are the same networks that have scantily-clad housewives so desperate they seduce every man on the block — and don’t forget Bart Simpson, who has shown us the moon more often than Nasa — all in what they call ‘family hour.’“
The ad depicts several attractive models in the latest line of Lane Bryant lingerie. Ample cleavage — which Bryant says was a problem for the networks — is on display in the ad.
“The networks exclaimed, ‘She has ... cleavage!’ Gasp!” the blog post states.
“While it’s no secret that Victoria’s Secret ‘The Nakeds’ ads are prancing around on major networks leaving little to the imagination, steaming up TV screens and baring nearly everything but their souls, our sultry siren who shows sophisticated sass is somehow deemed inappropriate ... Does this smack of a double standard? Yep. It does to us, too,” the post continues.
Not surprisingly, comments from readers on the blog support the ad and chide the networks. “I have been advocating for curvy girls for about 20 years now ... and STILL there is bigotry against women of size. We’re deemed inappropriate, unintelligent, and we’re shunned. This happens to us on a daily basis!,” wrote one disgruntled reader.
Reps at the two networks did not immediately respond. — Reuters
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I salute this media guy*** -- full of gumption!~~, YL, Desi
Senior producer at ntv7 ***Joshua Wong has thrown in the towel following what he claimed were “overzealous self-censorship and government interference”.
Wong, who produces popular hour-long talk show 'Editor's Time', said that the “unreasonable restrictions” has been placed on his show, which frequently discusses the socio-political situation in the country.
“The top management at ntv7 have been unreasonable and unjustifiable. This restriction of freedom amounts to a punishment and it affects the professionalism of the team,” he said at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall this morning.
Wong (left) said that the problem started when an SMS complaint was forwarded from the Prime Minister's Office to his bosses a day after the first episode aired on March 18.
The episode was a forum between leaders from BN and Pakatan Rakyat, as well as two political analysts, on the performances of both coalitions since the 2008 general elections.
The complaint had alleged that the show had insulted the BN government's policies, and that the political discussions were becoming “dangerous”.
The SMS also included rants with racial undertones, suggesting that Chinese people are “becoming rude” and that “the Malays should go to war”.
Wong, who have been a journalist for 16 years, also alleged that the SMS was forwarded by none other than the Prime Minister's wife Rosmah Mansor, who received the complaint from someone else.
The top management at ntv7 then demanded a clarification from Wong, as well as programme host Lee Siad Huey.
Ntv7 is one of the four free-to-air television stations owned by Umno-linked Media Prima.
No discussion on Hulu S'gor
Since the complaint, Wong also claimed that his proposals for the show, including bringing in DAP MP Tony Pua have been shot down, with threats to cease production.
Plans to feature the current Hulu Selangor by-election were also bulldozed.
“At the end, there was an effective ban on political discussions, as well as featuring opposition leaders as guest speakers,” he said.
Wong also said that he was disappointed that his superiors did not investigate the complaint or even lodge a police report against the SMS which was seditious in nature.
“If we continue to allow such racial remarks, Malaysia will certainly be a hotbed of racism,” he said.
He also said that he hoped that his resignation will set an example to fellow journalists to stand up for their profession and not the accept interference lying down.
The veteran journalist who has been with ntv7 for seven years before calling it quits, was also flanked by Writers Alliance for Media Independence's Sow Meng Keong, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall chief executive officer Tan Ah Chai and columnist Josh Hong at today's press conference (above).
More than 50 students from New Era College, where Wong occasionally lectures, also showed up in black T-shirts and placards defending him and demanding for “freedom of information”.
Award-winning journalist
Wong, have been a journalist with several Chinese dailies as well as the state-owned news agency RTM, before starting his stint in ntv7.
An investigative journalist, he shook the nation with his expose on a human trafficking ring of Burmese refugees run by Immigration Department officers as well as foreign nationals duped into slavery in a fishing village in Sarawak.
He also won an Anugerah Seri Angkasa in 2005 for his documentary on the urban poor in Kuala Lumpur, which was aired in the Mandarin 'Edisi Siasat'.
The show 'Editor's Time' rakes in an average of 175,000 viewers every week.
I quit after complaints from Rosmah, PM's Dept
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