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Miley Cyrus may have gotten tongues wagging following her raunchy performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. But she's also left more than a few appalled critics wagging their fingers at her.
The Parents Television Council has issued a statement slamming the erstwhile Disney starlet for her booty-popping, undies-flashing, teddy-bear-humping number while deriding MTV for the show's TV-14 rating, which indicated it was appropriate for young viewers.
"MTV has once again succeeded in marketing sexually charged messages to young children using former child stars and condom commercials—while falsely rating this program as appropriate for kids as young as 14," the organization said, per Entertainment Weekly.
"This much is absolutely clear: MTV marketed adults-only material to children while falsely manipulating the content rating to make parents think the content was safe for their children," the PTC added.
The organization took the network to task for signing off on Cyrus' racy performance, saying that "MTV continues to sexually exploit young women by promoting acts that incorporate ‘twerking' in a nude-colored bikini."
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The Parents Television Council has issued a statement slamming the erstwhile Disney starlet for her booty-popping, undies-flashing, teddy-bear-humping number while deriding MTV for the show's TV-14 rating, which indicated it was appropriate for young viewers.
"MTV has once again succeeded in marketing sexually charged messages to young children using former child stars and condom commercials—while falsely rating this program as appropriate for kids as young as 14," the organization said, per Entertainment Weekly.
"This much is absolutely clear: MTV marketed adults-only material to children while falsely manipulating the content rating to make parents think the content was safe for their children," the PTC added.
The organization took the network to task for signing off on Cyrus' racy performance, saying that "MTV continues to sexually exploit young women by promoting acts that incorporate ‘twerking' in a nude-colored bikini."
Read more http://www.eonline.com/news/452647/...m_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories
