Bozell Column: Viacom’s Endless Violations
It's so ironic that in the very midst of the Anthony Weiner Twitter scandal, television's most shameless channel, MTV, is working overtime to make any notion of sexual restraint obsolete. This year's MTV Movie Awards aerobically established a new low. Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis are starring in the upcoming summer comedy “Friends with Benefits,” yet another movie exploring the “dream life” of casual and very cold sex. As they introduced the award for Best Male Performance, Timberlake and Kunis grabbed each other's private parts on national TV. Reflect for just a moment on what Weiner did, and the medium he chose, and the audience he was addressing. Now consider this action, which was raunchier – and on national television, aimed at an audience of millions of children. The two actors are dating in real life, but Kunis joked “We're like brother and sister.” Timberlake added, “Totally platonic relationship which is why I can do this” – and he grabbed and held both of Kunis's breasts. Kunis replied:
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