Court: CBS, Jesse Jackson Were Wrongly Penalized for Super Bowl Wardrobe Malfunction

Jesse Jackson and Justin Timberlake A federal appeals court has upheld a 2008 ruling the Federal Communications Commission wrongly penalized CBS for Jesse Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction" throughout the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, based on Bloomberg.Jackson and CBS were penalized $550,000 after Jackson's breast made an appearance on live television for 9/16 of the second. However, in This summer 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled the FCC's policy of determining indecency was "arbitrary and capricious."Within the new ruling on Wednesday, a legal court held the FCC hadn't correctly informed CBS concerning the alterations in indecency enforcement and voided the fine.TV Guide Network counts lower the 100 Moments That Transformed TV"When we're disappointed through the court of appeal's decision, we observe that a legal court overturned the FCC's 2006 forfeiture order on narrow procedural grounds," Neil Sophistication, a spokesperson for that U.S. Federal Communications Commission stated within an statement. "Meanwhile, the FCC will continue using all the authority at its disposal to make sure that the country's tv stations match the public interest duties that is included with their utilisation of the public airwaves."