Jane Fonda, NBC air vulgarity on Today show

Story by AFA Journal Staff. Sources cited for News of Interest indicate source of basic information only. April 2008

  Actress Jane Fonda was a guest on NBC’s February 14 Today show when she used a vulgar four-letter word for female genitalia. The Today show is an early morning talk and news show that many families watch over the breakfast table.
  Fonda uttered the offensive vulgarity in response to host Meredith Vieira’s question regarding a play titled “The Vagina Monologues.” The Parents Television Council (PTC) quickly issued a statement saying there is no excuse for NBC to air “one of the most patently offensive words in the English language on broadcast television at any time of day – let alone during the early hours when many families have the TV on while they get ready for school and work.”
  PTC went on to speculate that if an NBC employee used the word in the workplace, the offender would be fired, yet the network is fine with using it over the publicly-owned airwaves.
  NBC could not reasonably claim surprise. In fact, the networks should be on the alert for such vulgar language from their Hollywood stars. It is becoming common on early morning television, evidenced by this offense as well as actress Dianne Keaton’s use of the f-word on ABC’s Good Morning America earlier this year.
www.parentstv.org, 2/14/08