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   From: 9097514834@newsom.com   
      
   Bad Bunny’s controversial Super Bowl halftime act has been scrutinized   
   by the Federal Communications Commission for potential violations of its   
   rules that prohibit “indecent material” and offensive language on public   
   airwaves, On The Money has learned.   
      
   The FCC’s initial take is that the act and the songs that the Puerto   
   Rican rapper belted out during the halftime show — “Tití Me   
   Preguntó,”Monaco,” and “Safaera” — were scrubbed of lyrics that   
   normally   
   include references to sex acts and genitalia.   
      
   If they hadn’t been censored, the smutty lyrics could have violated FCC   
   rules banning profanity and obscenity during primetime hours, according   
   to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The agency is said to   
   have shelved any additional scrutiny barring further evidence, this   
   person added.   
      
   Both an NFL spokesman and a rep for Bad Bunny didn’t return requests for   
   comment. An FCC rep had no immediate comment.   
      
   Bad Bunny is the stage name for Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, a   
   31-year-old pop star known for several things: his sartorial flair   
   (sometimes wearing a dress on stage), singing in Spanish, and his risqué   
   lyrics. Indeed, he is also known to channel progressive politics in his   
   performances.   
      
   That style has made him popular with millions of fans, but not   
   necessarily with the average NFL fan, who is decidedly right of center.   
      
   At this year’s Grammys, Bad Bunny took a dig at President Trump’s   
   immigration enforcement agenda. His halftime show took up that theme   
   again with depictions of Latin American life with the backdrop of sugar   
   cane fields and various Latin American flags.   
      
   The NFL has been trying to expand into the Latin American market, which   
   may explain some of this. That said, abrupt changes in marketing carry   
   risks, as evidenced by backlash against Bud Light after it featured a   
   trans activist in one of its commercials back in 2023.   
      
   Bad Bunny sparked a similar reaction. While progressives have   
   celebrated, conservatives and many football fans panned his implied   
   attacks on Trump, and what they alleged were crude dance numbers that   
   led to calls for an FCC obscenity investigation.   
      
   FCC rules prohibit what can be broadly defined as obscene material on   
   free TV (as opposed to cable), particularly during so-called primetime,   
   or between the hours of 7 p.m. and 11 p.m., depending on your time zone.   
      
   “Language or material that, in context, depicts or describes, in terms   
   patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for   
   the broadcast medium, sexual or excretory organs or activities … may be   
   subject to enforcement action by the FCC,” the agency warns on its   
   website.   
      
   Bad Bunny performed between approximately 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., the   
   sweet spot of primetime, with an ensemble dance act that featured   
   twerking and otherwise dirty dancing to sometimes even dirtier ditties.   
      
   After the show, GOP Florida Congressman Randy Fine wrote FCC Chairman   
   Brendan Carr stating that “The woke garbage we witnessed on Super Bowl   
   Sunday needs to be INVESTIGATED and put to an END.” Fine added: “There   
   is NO reason that over 130 million people — including CHILDREN — should   
   have been exposed to the vulgar and disgusting content of the 2026 Super   
   Bowl halftime show.”   
      
   One problem with any possible FCC inquiry is that Bad Bunny sang in   
   Spanish. So presumably when the FCC managed to get a translation of what   
   was actually said, the evidence of rule violations seemed thin at best.   
   The aberrant language was either changed or bleeped out, said the person   
   familiar with the FCC scrutiny.   
      
   While the inquiry into Bad Bunny’s allegedly bad behavior has stalled,   
   another consequence lingers – namely, how many people tuned in and were   
   turned off.   
      
   The halftime show was touted by NBC, which aired the big game, and the   
   NFL, for setting record overall ratings. Yet many analysts have   
   questioned those metrics, and how Bad Bunny’s himself actually rated.   
      
   According to Nielsen Data reviewed by On The Money, the Super Bowl drew   
   its highest numbers Sunday night of 137, 826 viewers during the 15   
   minutes which spanned the second quarter of the game.  After that and   
   during the time slots of the halftime show that included Bad Bunny’s   
   performance, the broadcast began losing viewership, declines of 1%, 6%   
   and 5% until around the time the third quarter play began and the   
   ratings jumped to a positive 7%.   
      
   “Based on my understanding of the data, Bad Bunny lost more % of the   
   Super Bowl viewership from the end of the second quarter than has ever   
   happened before,” tweeted Ryan Glasspeigel, a reporter for Front Office   
   Sports on Wednesday.   
      
   “The NFL has an interesting dilemma in trying to court new fans vs   
   alienating the base.”   
      
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