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And speaking of serving the people, or, Life-threatening breast

Via Poynter, I see that the Federal Communications Commission plans to fine three Washington-area TV stations a total of $40,000 for failing to include closed-captioning in their May 25, 2004, broadcasts about impending tornadoes. That's an average of about $13,333.33 apiece.

For perspective, the FCC fined each CBS-owned station that unwittingly broadcast a brief glimpse of singer Janet Jackson's bare breast during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show $27,500 (for a total of $550,000) -- more than twice as much.

So Janet Jackson's breast is more than twice as dangerous as a tornado. She must be so proud.

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