On friday there was a report in a local newspaper:
Channel 5 fined $15k by MDA
THE Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore has
fined MediaCorp TV Channel 5 $15,000, the authority said in a
statement on its website yesterday.
On Jan 13 at 7.30am, the station had aired an episode of
an acquired home and decor series, “Find and Design”. The
episode featured a gay couple wanting to transform their game
room into a new nursery for their adopted baby.
The authority said the episode had contained scenes
of the couple with their baby.
It also featured “the presenter’s congratulations and acknowledgement
of them as a family unit in a way which normalises
their gay lifestyle and unconventional family setup”.
This was in breach of the Free-to-Air TV Programme
Code, which disallows programmes that promote, justify
or glamourise gay lifestyles.
So silly, they fined Channel 5 15.000$ for something thats basically normal, a show that did not intent to glamourise homosexuality but just wanted to show how to design a toddlers bedroom.
I can only say sillyporeans, trying to be holier than the pope.
I think MDA has done its job and should close now. They are not needed any more.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
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