The Sewer Pipe Was Open Long Before Halftime

Syndicated columnist Froma Harrop shared her thoughts on *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake exposing the breast of Janet Jackson at the Super Bowl in Houston on Sunday. Harrop says, “The Super Bowl halftime show shocked many, but especially an elite group of American consumers: people who had bought their way out of the television slum. Your writer counts herself among the shaken innocents. What am I talking about? I am talking about people who buy fancy cable for better programming and fewer commercials. People who subscribe to Netflix, which mails movie DVDs, free of advertising, to their homes. People who have TiVo, which easily records many hours of television; consumers can play back the programs at leisure and whiz through the commercials.” Read more.