Video of Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, 2004 Super Bowl Halftime Performance at growingbolder.com

Posted on May 4th, 2009 at 3:42 pm

Who could ever forget the infamous Wardrobe Malfunction of 2004? You know, the one that happened to Janet Jackson during the halftime show of the Super Bowl.

The New York Times is calling it the most controversial fraction of a second in television history. The incident rekindled heated debate over censorship.

Networks scrambled to put delays into live telecasts to bleep out words or sights felt inappropriate for broadcast. Well, here we are, over five years later and the repercussions are still being felt.

In a scenario that would have seemed outrageous for Alan Shore and Denny Crane of Boston Legal, the Supreme Court of the United States has stepped in to the fray.

The Court overturned a $550,000 fine imposed by the FCC on CBS.

Last summer, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled CBS should not be held responsible for the actions of Jackson and Justin Timberlake, who was actually the one who removed the key part of her wardrobe...

The Supreme Court has asked the Third Court to reexamine its ruling.

Oh, and since football is a game of inches, the exposure of Ms. Jackson’s breast lasted nine-sixteenths of one second.

And, since everyone seems to remember that incident and no one seems to remember the game, New England beat Carolina 32-19.

Oh, and the incident happens at the very end of this video clip...