Bad Bunny's "illegal" halftime show needs investigation: Republicans
Every delay has consequences.
House Republicans are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to investigate Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance, suggesting the content and lyrics of the Puerto Rican star's show were "illegal."
Rep. Randy Fine on Monday announced that he and other Republicans would send a letter to the FCC calling for "fines and broadcast license reviews" against the NFL, NBC and Bad Bunny.
"Had he said these lyrics -- and all of the other disgusting and pornographic filth in English on live TV, the broadcast would have been pulled down and the fines would have been enormous," Fine said on X.
Rep. Andy Ogles on Monday also sent a letter to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce seeking a formal inquiry into the NFL and NBCUniversal for their "prior knowledge, review, and approval of explicit and indecent content," during the show.
Ogles claimed that "children were forced to endure" sexual dancing and lyrics that "openly glorified" certain sexual activities.
Many of the explicit lyrics cited by Bad Bunny critics are literal translations of his songs but were not actually performed during the February 8 halftime show.
Bad Bunny did sing a portion of the song "Safarea," which describes sexual acts — though the suggestive words were bleeped during the broadcast.
Bad Bunny did not once say the "f-word" during the performance, contrary to Fine's suggestion.
Opinion/Questions
The conservative response to the Bad Bunny halftime show reminds me of the old, politically correct, evangelical wing of the Republican Party I grew up with in the 1980s-2000s. Are these types of criticisms still relevant in the 2020s? Do Gen Z voters or Latino voters care about the Bad Bunny show that much? Would an FCC investigation into Bad Bunny be a political win for them, or would it just keep an unpopular position in the limelight even longer?
Every delay has consequences.
House Republicans are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to investigate Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance, suggesting the content and lyrics of the Puerto Rican star's show were "illegal."
Rep. Randy Fine on Monday announced that he and other Republicans would send a letter to the FCC calling for "fines and broadcast license reviews" against the NFL, NBC and Bad Bunny.
"Had he said these lyrics -- and all of the other disgusting and pornographic filth in English on live TV, the broadcast would have been pulled down and the fines would have been enormous," Fine said on X.
Rep. Andy Ogles on Monday also sent a letter to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce seeking a formal inquiry into the NFL and NBCUniversal for their "prior knowledge, review, and approval of explicit and indecent content," during the show.
Ogles claimed that "children were forced to endure" sexual dancing and lyrics that "openly glorified" certain sexual activities.
Many of the explicit lyrics cited by Bad Bunny critics are literal translations of his songs but were not actually performed during the February 8 halftime show.
Bad Bunny did sing a portion of the song "Safarea," which describes sexual acts — though the suggestive words were bleeped during the broadcast.
Bad Bunny did not once say the "f-word" during the performance, contrary to Fine's suggestion.
Opinion/Questions
The conservative response to the Bad Bunny halftime show reminds me of the old, politically correct, evangelical wing of the Republican Party I grew up with in the 1980s-2000s. Are these types of criticisms still relevant in the 2020s? Do Gen Z voters or Latino voters care about the Bad Bunny show that much? Would an FCC investigation into Bad Bunny be a political win for them, or would it just keep an unpopular position in the limelight even longer?
Bad Bunny's "illegal" halftime show needs investigation: Republicans
Every delay has consequences.
House Republicans are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to investigate Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance, suggesting the content and lyrics of the Puerto Rican star's show were "illegal."
Rep. Randy Fine on Monday announced that he and other Republicans would send a letter to the FCC calling for "fines and broadcast license reviews" against the NFL, NBC and Bad Bunny.
"Had he said these lyrics -- and all of the other disgusting and pornographic filth in English on live TV, the broadcast would have been pulled down and the fines would have been enormous," Fine said on X.
Rep. Andy Ogles on Monday also sent a letter to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce seeking a formal inquiry into the NFL and NBCUniversal for their "prior knowledge, review, and approval of explicit and indecent content," during the show.
Ogles claimed that "children were forced to endure" sexual dancing and lyrics that "openly glorified" certain sexual activities.
Many of the explicit lyrics cited by Bad Bunny critics are literal translations of his songs but were not actually performed during the February 8 halftime show.
Bad Bunny did sing a portion of the song "Safarea," which describes sexual acts — though the suggestive words were bleeped during the broadcast.
Bad Bunny did not once say the "f-word" during the performance, contrary to Fine's suggestion.
Opinion/Questions
The conservative response to the Bad Bunny halftime show reminds me of the old, politically correct, evangelical wing of the Republican Party I grew up with in the 1980s-2000s. Are these types of criticisms still relevant in the 2020s? Do Gen Z voters or Latino voters care about the Bad Bunny show that much? Would an FCC investigation into Bad Bunny be a political win for them, or would it just keep an unpopular position in the limelight even longer?
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