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Titolo: La delicatezza di MTV nei confronti dello spettatore medio

MTV (Europe)
Recommendations for the scheduling and content of videos and
programmes
 Dear all
In the light of the outbreak of war in Iraq in the last 12 hours, our
recommendations for the scheduling and content of videos and
programmes are
as follows:
1. Video recommendations
Obviously, there will be heightened public sensitivity to
representations of
war, soldiers, bombing, destruction of buildings and public unrest at
home.
The ITC Programme Code requires us not to broadcast material which
offends
against good taste or is offensive to public feeling. We therefore
recommend
that videos featuring the following are not shown at the moment:
war
soldiers
war planes
bombs
missiles
riots and social unrest
executions
other obviously sensitive material
Examples include:
System of a Down "Boom!" - anti-war video containing facts and figures
about, amongst other things, the projected casualties in the war in
Iraq.
Aerosmith "Don't want to miss a thing" - contains footage from the
film "Armageddon".
Manic Street Preachers "So Why So Sad" - contains footage of soldiers
being killed and man throwing a hand grenade.
Passengers/U2 "Miss Sarajevo" - contains missiles, guns and buildings
being
blown up.
Bon Jovi "This ain't a love song" - contains war scenes and victims in
distress.
Iggy Pop "Corruption" - contains wars, riots, guns and captions "we
love guns" and "we love rifles".
Paul Hardcastle "19" - contains war footage.
Radiohead "Lucky" - contains war footage including injured children.
Billy Idol "Hot in the City" - contains an atomic explosion.
Armand van Helden "Koochy" - contains an atomic explosion and ships
being blown up.
Trick Daddy "Thug Holiday" - contains soldiers being killed at war.
Furthermore, videos with words such as "bomb", "missile", "war" or
other
sensitive words in the artist or song title should not be shown at the
moment.
Examples include:
Outkast "B.O.B (Bombs over Baghdad)" - song title may offend.
Radiohead "Invasion" - song title may offend.
Megadeth "Holy Wars" - song title may offend.
Gavin Friday "You, Me and World War Three" - song title may offend.
B-52s videos.
Also, please note that some evergreen tapes contain sensitive videos
e.g.
until recently, the MTV2 evergreen contained the Outkast "B.O.B.
(Bombs over Baghdad)". We therefore recommend that music programmers
ensure that inappropriate songs are removed from the evergreen tape
for the duration the war.
Please note that this is not a definitive list of videos. Please use
the ITC video restrictions database to check each song before
broadcast. If you are aware of any other videos featuring the above
images, titled with the above words or which may be unsuitable for
broadcast in the light of the outbreak of war, we recommend that these
are pulled from your schedules.
2. Programme recommendations
Under the ITC's rules, we have two main obligations regarding
programmes:
(a) Not to broadcast material which offends against good taste or is
offensive to public feeling.
For example, no programme should contain:
(i) images of war, bombs, missiles, etc that are likely to be seen as
insensitive or offensive at this time (see above for further
guidance).
(ii) jokes about the war, about bombing Iraqis, about the American,
Iraqi or UK troops.
(iii) comments about the war that are likely to be seen as insensitive
or offensive.
Furthermore, the content of each long-form show should be considered
before scheduling. Scripts for presenters and news pieces must also be
treated with great sensitivity.
(b) To ensure that our programmes treat the issue of war in Iraq with
"due accuracy" and "due impartiality".
Therefore, we need to ensure that any programme which deals with issue
of war in Iraq:
(i) deals fairly with each opposing view. It cannot be one-sided. Both
sides of the argument need to be dealt with, and dealt with fairly.
(ii) does not give the view of MTV or the views of MTV presenters.
(iii) does not give facts, or opinions based on facts, that are
incorrect
e.g. an anti-war argument that states the war is bad because 50
million Iraqis will die (the official estimates are much lower than
that), a pro-war argument that states Saddam Hussein should be toppled
because he is going to invade Israel (there is no evidence of this).
You need to ensure that any facts included in your programmes are
accurate, and verified by an official source e.g. an Amnesty
International report, a UN report, Reuters news service.
If you are unsure about the suitability of a video or programme,
please call the Broadcast Standards Managers: Mark (x6195 (HC)) Dan
(x7734 (HC)) or Aurea (x6197 (HC)).
Mark
Mark Sunderland
Broadcast Standards Manager
MTV Networks Europe

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Dimenticavo: grazie a Switters di iamr
L.C.
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Dimenticavo: grazie a Switters di iamr
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solo perchè ti sei ricordato di venator e forse di me ;)

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Di solito cito le fonti, e cmq non siete i soli.
L.C.
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