Criticism of MTV

The U.S. cable television channel MTV (Music Television) has been the subject of criticism for years. The choice of the channel to focus on non-music programming has also been contested relentlessly, demonstrating the channel's continued impact on popular culture.

Early criticism

As early as 1984, because of its visibility as a promotional tool for the recording industry, MTV was accused of denigrating the importance of music in the music industry, replacing it with a purely visual aesthetic, and putting equally popular but less image-centric or single-based acts at a distinct disadvantage. In 1983, "Rolling Stone"'s Steven Levy wrote, "MTV's greatest achievement has been to coax rock & roll into the video arena where you can't distinguish between entertainment and the sales pitch." One musician that criticized MTV for these reasons was Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys, with the song "MTV - Get off the Air", from the album "Frankenchrist". Although it could be said that MTV simply gave airtime to the most popular acts in a given country, it is also possible that these acts became popular simply because of the exposure that MTV gave them.

Since its inception, critics of MTV have claimed that the channel's programming promotes bad behavior, including violence and recreational drug use, to the youth of America by embracing the behaviors of certain celebrities who are not good role models. [cite web
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Lack of videos starring black performers

In 1983, Michael Jackson and his label, Epic had planned to present the music video for the song "Billie Jean" to the executives of MTV, which was at the time not playing videos by black performers or even dance artists. Since its inception in 1981, the network's playlist was predominantly white and mainly featured videos by the top rock artists of the day such as Duran Duran, Peter Gabriel, The Clash, Blondie, Journey, The Police, Pat Benatar, Genesis, and Billy Idol. Jackson and CBS Records President Walter Yetnikoff soon informed MTV's president that if the cable channel did not play Jackson's video, CBS would not allow them to play any of their white artists, who were getting exposure on the network (most notably Ozzy Osbourne and Billy Joel), and would denounce them publicly as racists. [cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JWdMOZGNOHUC&pg=PA362&lpg=PA362&dq=walter+yetnikoff+mtv+president+jackson+racist&source=web&ots=aIp3p2DW3i&sig=BMw8FJbnSiEs2a8kMwVtUM__yoc|title=books.google.com/books?id=JWdMOZGNOHUC&pg=PA362&lpg=PA362&dq=walter+yetnikoff+mtv+president+jackson+racist&source=web&ots=aIp3p2DW3i&sig=BMw8FJbnSiEs2a8kMwVtUM__yoc ] With that ultimatum, MTV finally bowed to pressure and premiered Jackson's "Billie Jean" video on March 10, 1983.asd] This account was disputed [cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_14_110/ai_n16807343|title=Why it took MTV so long to play black music videos | Jet | Find Articles at BNET.com ] by Les Garland, co-founder and originator of MTV, VH1, and The Box, saying "I called Bob (Pittman, MTV co-founder) to tell him, 'I just saw the greatest video I've ever seen in my life. It is off the dial it's so good.' We added it that day. How (the myth) turned into a story literally blew our minds." [citation|last=Bennett|first=Joy T.|title=Michael: The Thrill Is Back|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-171926249.html|work=Ebony|date=2007-12-01|accessdate=2008-03-30]

Soon enough, MTV was airing the video in heavy rotation, thus making Jackson the first black performer to find stardom on the network. Producer Quincy Jones has said of the early relationship between Jackson and MTV: "...they rode each other to glory". Soon after, other black artists had videos on MTV, including Prince, The Pointer Sisters, Rick James, Donna Summer, Lionel Richie, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Diana Ross, and Run-DMC. Jackson was the first — and by most accounts, is still the greatest — pop megastar to emerge from the network, each benefitting by cross-interest from the other's respective audience. This paved the way for a multitude of artists like Prince, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Culture Club, and Janet Jackson, to also have their careers blossom in the new video arena.

Censorship

Political correctness

MTV came under criticism for being too politically correct and sensitive when it came to censorship. This was most prevalent in the eventual decline of the hit show "Jackass". The creators of "Jackass" often felt that MTV's producers did not let the show run its free course due to the excessive restraints placed on the Jackass team.

MTV's influence also affected its famous animated program, "Beavis and Butt-Head". In the wake of controversy that followed a child burning down his house after allegedly watching the show, "producers moved the show from its original 7 p.m. time slot to a late-night, 11 p.m. slot. Also, Beavis' tendency to flick a lighter and scream the word "fire" was removed from new episodes, and controversial scenes were removed from existing episodes before rebroadcast. [cite web|url=http://www.tvacres.com/censorship_beavis.htm|title=Censorship & Scandals: Beavis & Butt-head] Some of the edits were so extensive that when series creator Mike Judge compiled his he found out that "some of those episodes may not even exist actually in their original form". [cite video| people = Mike Judge| year = 2005| title = Taint to Greatness the Journey of Beavis and Butt-head (Part 1)| format = DVD| accessdate = 2007-03-01]

The Parents Television Council has argued that much of the censored material on MTV can be easily discernible because of the context within where the material in question has been presented. [cite press release
title = I Want My Foul TV
publisher = Parents Television Council
date = 2005-08-11
url = http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/release/2005/0811.asp
accessdate = 2006-04-16 ] [cite web| last = Kuhn | first = Katherine | title = So You Think You Can Rate a TV Show? - "The Hills" | publisher = Parents Television Council |date=2007-09-07 | url = http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/ratings/0907.asp | accessdate = 2007-09-14]

Religion and race

In the 1980s, parent-media watchdog groups such as the PMRC criticized MTV over certain music videos that were claimed to have explicit imagery of satanism. MTV has developed a strict policy on refusal to air videos that may depict devil worship or anti-religious bigotry.cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/fireace_00/mtv.html?200711?200721|title=MTV ] This led MTV to ban the videos for "Jesus Christ Pose" by SoundgardenPrato, Greg. [http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:3vftxxrsldse "Jesus Christ Pose" review] . Allmusic] and "Megalomaniac" by Incubus.Cave, Damien. [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937141/mtv_under_attack_by_fcc MTV Under Attack by FCC] . "Rolling Stone": February 23, 2004]

Usually, all ethnic and racial slurs are censored on MTV music videos [ [http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/reports/mtv2005/MTV_Report.pdf MTV Smut Peddlers] , pp. 6, 8. The report mentioned that "nigga" was censored out of the videos "Freak a Leek" by Petey Pablo (p. 6) and "My Band" by D12. (p. 8).] and programming. [cite web|url=http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/campaigns/MTV/makingtheband.htm|title=Making the Band 2 Episode Summaries ] MTV has emphasized racial tolerance and diversity awareness for people of all races and creeds. [cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/thinkmtv/features/discrimination/racism/|title=MTV.com - think - Discrimination -> Racism ]

Censored music videos

MTV has also heavily edited a number of music videos to remove references to drugs,cite paper | last = Williams | first = Casey | title = MTV Smut Peddlers: Targeting Kids with Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol | publisher = Parents Television Council
date = 2005-02-01 | url = http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/reports/mtv2005/MTV_Report.pdf | format = PDF
accessdate = 2008-01-11 p. 8. In this case, a reference to crack cocaine was removed from the video for "My Band" by D12.] sex, violence, weapons, religion in any form, racism, homophobia (but also homosexuality), or advertising. [cite book
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Lack of music videos

By the second half of the 1990s, MTV's programming consisted primarily of non-music shows. In 1997, MTV was being heavily criticized for not playing as many music videos as it had in the past. In response, MTV created four shows that centered around music videos: "MTV Live", "Total Request", "Say What?", and "12 Angry Viewers". Also at this time, MTV introduced its new studios in Times Square.

A year later, in 1998, MTV merged "Total Request" and "MTV Live" into a live daily top ten countdown show, "Total Request Live", which would become the channel's unofficial flagship program. In 1999, MTV shifted its focus to prank/comedic shows such as "The Tom Green Show", "Jackass", and "Punk'd"; and soap operas such as "Undressed".

Today, MTV's main source of music video programming is still "Total Request Live", airing four times per week, still receiving heavy criticism for regularly showing very short clips of the actual videos in favor of heavily featuring VJs and daily guests. A hip-hop music video show, "Sucker Free", also airs regularly. On most days, music video rotation continues in the early morning hours.cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/onair/schedule/mtv/weekly.jhtml|title=MTV.com - On-Air - MTV Week at a Glance ] Throughout the day, MTV shows excerpts from music videos, usually the hook, in split screen format during the closing credits, along with the web address of the MTV web site to encourage the viewer to view the complete video online. In the last half of 2007, MTV has scaled back rotation of full-length music videos usually to 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays but still shows the "condensed" videos during closing credits, as done for all non-music programs on MTV. After that time, MTV stopped showing full music videos on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

In early 2008 MTV announced that they would premiere a new show that would focus on more music videos and live performances. "FNMTV", hosted by Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, premiered Friday June 13, 2008 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. cite web|url=http://www.popcrunch.com/pete-wentz-mtv-fn-mtv-premiere-june-13th/] The debut episode featured video premieres from Flo Rida, The Pussycat Dolls, The Ting Tings, and Snoop Dogg.

Reality shows

:"Further information: "In the early 2000s, MTV put a stronger focus on reality shows, building on the success of "The Real World" and "Road Rules" in the 1990s. MTV continued to play music videos (albeit rarely) instead of exclusively relegating them to their genre channels; however, the music videos aired either in the early morning hours or in a condensed form on "Total Request Live". This has led to much viewer criticism and suggestions that the channel change its name. At the 2007 Video Music Awards, Justin Timberlake challenged MTV to "play more damn videos!" [cite web|last=Orloff|first=Brian|title=Rihanna, Justin Timberlake Win Big at VMAs|url=http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20053775_20055499,00.html|work=People|date=2007-09-09|accessdate=2008-04-27]

MTV News

L. Brent Bozell III of the Media Research Center has criticized MTV News for perceived liberal bias in their reporting.cite news|last=Miller|first=Judith|authorlink=Judith Miller (journalist)|title=But Can You Dance to It?: MTV Turns to News|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DE1630F932A25753C1A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|date=1992-10-11|accessdate=2008-02-19] [cite web|last=Bozell|first=L. Brent III|authorlink=L. Brent Bozell III|title=Snapshots of MTV at 20|url=http://www.mediaresearch.org/BozellColumns/entertainmentcolumn/2001/col20010726.asp|work=MediaResearch.org|publisher=Creators Syndicate|date=2001-07-26|accessdate=2008-02-19] [cite web|last=Bozell|first=L. Brent III|authorlink=L. Brent Bozell III|title=MTV-Pandering Kerry Digs Rap Music|url=http://www.mediaresearch.org/BozellColumns/entertainmentcolumn/2004/col20040402.asp|work=MediaResearch.org|publisher=Creators Syndicate|date=2004-04-02|accessdate=2008-02-19] Jonah Goldberg goes further, stating that "MTV serves as the Democrats' main youth outreach program." [ [http://townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2008/09/12/very_different_visions Very Different Visions] by Jonah Goldberg]

Live 8

In July 2005, MTV drew heavy criticism for their coverage of Live 8. The network cut to commercials while bands were still performing, specifically rock acts Pink Floyd (during the guitar solo for "Comfortably Numb") and The Who. Criticism was also aimed at MTV and VH1 for focusing too much on ill-informed VJs and not enough on the music. In some instances, VJs referred to the event as "Live 8 2005" or even "Live Aid 8", demonstrating that they had little or no knowledge of the cause going into the event. Consequently, MTV and VH1 aired five hours of uninterrupted Live 8 coverage on July 9, with each channel airing different blocks of artists. [cite web
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Criticism by family organizations

The conservative media watchdog group Parents Television Council, which advocates family-friendly programming on television, has frequently criticized MTV in its campaigns for cable choice, claiming that the network puts a bad influence on its targeted teenage audience, based on research done in 2004 [cite web
last = Williams
first = Casey
title = MTV Smut Peddlers: Targeting Kids with Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol
work = ParentsTV.org
publisher = Parents Television Council
date = 2005-02-01
url = http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/reports/mtv2005/MTV_Report.pdf
accessdate = 2007-05-19|format=PDF] and 2005. [cite web
title = I Want My Foul TV: More Evidence Proving Cable Industry Campaign to Promote Responsibility is a Sham
work = ParentsTV.org
publisher = Parents Television Council
date = 2005-08-11
url = http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/release/2005/0811.asp
accessdate = 2007-05-19] Consequently, the PTC launched a campaign against MTV in 2005, [cite web|url=http://parentstv.org/PTC/campaigns/MTV/main.asp|title=PTC campaign against MTV] also asking advertisers to stop buying airtime on MTV, [cite web
last = Bozell
first = L. Brent III
title = Letter to MTV Sponsors
publisher = Parents Television Council
year = 2004
url = http://parentstv.org/PTC/publications/release/2004/mtvsponsorletter.asp
accessdate = 2007-08-07] referring to them as "Corporate Sponsors of MTV Sleaze" and challenging them "to Defend Their Sponsorship of Teen-Targeted TV Smut". [cite press release
title = PTC Releases Top Ten Corporate Sponsors of MTV Sleaze and Challenges Companies to Defend Their Sponsorship of Teen-Targeted TV Smut
publisher = Parents Television Council
date = 2005-03-30
url = http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/publications/release/2005/0330.asp
accessdate = 2007-08-08 ] In 2002, the PTC included five MTV programs in its top 10 list of least family-friendly programming of the 2001-02 television season:
* #2 "Undressed"
* #4 "The Real World"
* #7 "Celebrity Deathmatch"
* #8 "The Andy Dick Show"
* #10 "The Osbournes". [cite web
title = Top Ten Best & Worst Cable Shows of the 2001/02 TV season
work = ParentsTV.org
publisher = Parents Television Council
date = 2002-08-01
url = http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/reports/top10bestandworst/cable.asp
accessdate = 2007-05-19] PTC founder L. Brent Bozell III asserted that MTV claims to reflect teen culture but claims with PTC research they are actually "manufacturing" it. [cite web
last = Bozell
first = L. Brent III
title = MTV Knows No Shame
work = Mediaresearch.org
publisher = Creators Syndicate
date = 2005-02-04
url = http://www.mediaresearch.org/BozellColumns/entertainmentcolumn/2005/col20050204.asp
accessdate = 2007-05-19]

The council also described MTV's focus on programming over music as a "showplace of smut" in reference to "", "Jackass", "Celebrity Deathmatch", and "Yo Momma". [cite web
last = Gildemeister
first = Christopher
title = Cable Creeps Away from its Mission
publisher = Parents Television Council
date = 2006-09-18
url = http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/culturewatch/2006/0918.asp
accessdate = 2007-07-28 ] Additionally, MTV shows that have been named "Worst Cable Content of the Week" by PTC have included the "Human Giant", [cite web | last = White | first = Keith | title = Worst Cable Content of the Week - "Human Giant" on MTV | publisher = Parents Television Council | date = 2007-06-02 | url = http://web.archive.org/web/20070602105327/http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/cable/worst.asp | accessdate = 2007-10-31 ] "Scarred", "The Hills", "A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila", "2006 MTV Movie Awards", [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20060614164149/http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/cable/main.asp PTC cable choice campaign page] from June 14, 2006] and "The X Effect".

The American Family Association has also criticized MTV from perceptions of negative moral influence, [cite web|url=http://www.afa.net/mtvboycott.asp|title=AFA - Boycott MTV ] even going as far as to describe MTV as promoting a "pro-sex, anti-family, pro-choice (i.e., pro-abortion), drug culture". [cite web
last = Fancher
first = Bill
title = Rock For Life Vows to Expose MTV's Anti-Family Agenda
work = afa.net
publisher = American Family Association
date = 2004-06-14
url = http://web.archive.org/web/20070211092916/http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/6/afa/162004f.asp
accessdate = 2007-07-21 ] Focus on the Family has released a spoken-word CD titled "Confronting the MTV Culture" to persuade parents to counter the "dangerous messages" of MTV. [cite web|url=http://resources.family.org/product/id/104062.do?code=OL07XFRC|title=Confronting the MTV Culture - Culture & Media - Teens - Parenting - Focus on the Family ]

MTV response

In response to this initial criticism, since the early 1990s, MTV restructured its programming to incorporate moral behaviors that might influence their audience. Personalities on the channel began to support environmental issues and emphasize being "socially responsible", encouraging young people to take part in volunteer work in their community. For example, in the spring of 2006, MTV and United Way of America collaborated to promote Storm Corps, an organization to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina as an "alternative spring break" activity. [cite web
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However, such efforts have been criticized as ineffective because of MTV's focus on recreation during its spring break promotion. [cite web
last = Bozell
first = L. Brent III
authorlink =
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title = Spring Break: Hazardous to Your Health?
work = ParentsTV.org
publisher = Parents Television Council
date = 2006-03-16
url = http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/lbbcolumns/2006/0316.asp
format =
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accessdate = 2007-06-03 ] In response, MTV claimed it was unfair for the Parents Television Council to claim that the network was corrupting youth solely based on its "Spring Break" programming, explaining that Bozell "attempted to inaccurately paint MTV with this brush of irresponsibility", the PTC's report "underestimates young people's intellect and their level of sophistication", and MTV does not use any obscenities in any of its programs. [cite web
last = Eggerton
first = John
authorlink =
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title = PTC Doesn't Want Its MTV
work =
publisher = Broadcasting & Cable
date = 2005-02-01
url = http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA500535.html
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However, the PTC later claimed that MTV still continued to be extremely profane despite that statement, citing the numerous bleeped obscenities that still remained on MTV programs.cite press release
title = I Want My Foul TV
publisher = Parents Television Council
date = 2005-08-11
url = http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/release/2005/0811.asp
accessdate = 2007-07-30 ] PTC then-president L. Brent Bozell III even went as far as to question if MTV standards and practices executives even "watch what they're broadcasting", thus submitting its MTV research to members of the U.S. Congress and Federal Communications Commission. [cite press release
title = MTV's Defense of its Offensive Language is Offensive
publisher = Parents Television Council
date = 2005-08-16
url =http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/publications/release/2005/0816.asp
accessdate = 2007-10-25 ] The PTC also claimed that MTV's efforts to promote use of the V-Chip, which blocks certain programs based on TV Parental Guidelines ratings, was a "sham" because the network failed to use the proper content descriptors such as "L" (language). However, over the years, MTV has used descriptors in its programs, such as in "Battle for Ozzfest", [ [http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/battle_for_ozzfest/series.jhtml The Battle for Ozzfest homepage] notes that the show was routinely rated "TV-14-DL"; the show was included in PTC's research.] "Run's House", [Citation
last = Wheat
first = Alynda
title = What to Watch
newspaper = Entertainment Weekly
pages = 142
date =2005-10-24 The article noted that an episode of "Run's House" to air that week would be rated "TV-PG-L".] and "Yo Momma" ["Yo Momma" has been given "TV-14-DL" ratings.]

Recently, MTV has devoted airtime to reruns of Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance", which the PTC has selected as "Best Show of the Week" several times during its run. [So far, PTC has named 5 episodes of "So You Think You Can Dance" as "Best of the Week" from 2006 and 2007, according to its list of " [http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/welcome.asp Best and Worst TV Shows of the Week"] from those years. ] Additionally, the MTV shows "Beauty and the Geek" (syndicated from The CW), [cite web|url=http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/shows/main.asp?shwid=2231|title=Parents Television Council evaluation of "Beauty and the Geek"] [cite web| last = Hipps | first = Jill| title = Beauty and the Geek - Television Review| publisher = Common Sense Media| year = 2005| url = http://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/Beauty-Geek.html| accessdate = 2007-08-03 ] "I'm From Rolling Stone", [cite web| last = Filucci| first = Sierra| title = I'm From Rolling Stone - Television Review| publisher = Common Sense Media| year = 2007| url =http://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/Im-With-Rolling-Stone.html| accessdate = 2007-08-03 ] "Juvies" [cite web| last = Filucci| first = Sierra| title = MTV Juvies - Television Review| publisher = Common Sense Media| year = 2007| url =http://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/MTV-Juvies.html| accessdate = 2007-08-03 ] "Made", [cite web| last = Chaney| first = Elisabeth| title = MADE - Television Review| publisher = Common Sense Media| year = 2005| url = http://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/MADE.html| accessdate = 2007-08-03 ] "Run's House", [cite web| last = Hipps| first = Jill| title = "Run's House" Television Review| publisher = Common Sense Media| year = 2005| url = http://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/Runs-House.html| accessdate = 2007-08-01 ] "The Shop", [cite web| last = Maher| first = Lucy| title = The Shop - Television Review| publisher = Common Sense Media| year = 2005| url = http://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/Shop.html| accessdate = 2007-08-03 ] "Trick It Out", [cite web| last = Maher| first = Lucy| title = Trick it Out - Television Review| publisher = Common Sense Media| year = 2007| url = http://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/Trick-It-Out.html| accessdate = 2007-08-03 ] and "True Life" [cite web| last = Pavao| first = Kate| title = "True Life" Television Review| publisher = Common Sense Media| year = 2005| url = http://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/True-Life.html| accessdate = 2007-08-01 ] have been morally praised or approved.

References

External links

* [http://www.jumptheshark.com/forum/Mtv-Music-Television/1385 MTV: Music Television in Jump The Shark]
* [http://www.amiannoying.com/(S(l1b1wznd1mt2xgjto02fhw55))/view.aspx?id=6869&collection=5460 AmIAnnoying.com - MTV]
** [http://www.amiannoying.com/(S(l1b1wznd1mt2xgjto02fhw55))/collection.aspx?collection=5460 AmIAnnoying.com - MTV TV Series]
* [http://www.laweekly.com/index.php?option=com_lawcontent&task=view&id=7955 Who Hates Their MTV?]
* [http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/13_signs_that_mtv_hates_you 13 Signs That MTV Hates You | The A.V. Club]