Washington, D.C. (October 28, 2008) -- The Parents Television Council has filed a complaint with the FCC that charges CBS with purposely displaying contestant
Marcus Lehman's genitals during the High-Definition debut of Survivor.
That's according to an article by Townhall.com.
The PTC, a non-partisan watchdog group founded by conservative activist Brent Bozell, charges that the network featured a scene in the September 25th season debut of Survivor that shows Lehman's genitals falling out of his shorts as he ran.
Did viewers see a little too much of Survivor's Marcus Lehman?
The group says that it was impossible for CBS not to have caught the visual gaffe because the show was displayed for the first time in high-def. Additionally, the PTC suggests that CBS knew about the slip-up, but ran it anyway.
"The irony surrounding this broadcast is it was the first-ever High Definition broadcast for CBS of this show in primetime," PTC President Tim Winter said in a press release. "So what more tongue-in-cheek action could you take if a High-Definition show is going to premier than to have something like this happen?"
TownHall.com reports that the FCC has yet to act on the PTC's Survivor complaint or several other complaints filed by the group regarding language and visual displays on other network programs such as NBC's My Name Is Earl and ABC's Good Morning America.
There was no comment from CBS in the article.
That's according to an article by Townhall.com.
The PTC, a non-partisan watchdog group founded by conservative activist Brent Bozell, charges that the network featured a scene in the September 25th season debut of Survivor that shows Lehman's genitals falling out of his shorts as he ran.
Did viewers see a little too much of Survivor's Marcus Lehman?
The group says that it was impossible for CBS not to have caught the visual gaffe because the show was displayed for the first time in high-def. Additionally, the PTC suggests that CBS knew about the slip-up, but ran it anyway.
"The irony surrounding this broadcast is it was the first-ever High Definition broadcast for CBS of this show in primetime," PTC President Tim Winter said in a press release. "So what more tongue-in-cheek action could you take if a High-Definition show is going to premier than to have something like this happen?"
TownHall.com reports that the FCC has yet to act on the PTC's Survivor complaint or several other complaints filed by the group regarding language and visual displays on other network programs such as NBC's My Name Is Earl and ABC's Good Morning America.
There was no comment from CBS in the article.
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