banderas said:The song itself is actually alright and the lyrics are pretty interesting—but man, that title and chorus? There's no way they could air that on national TV during prime time in any country. Honestly, there isn't much difference between this video and that recent Green Day video.
A broadcast ban—or censorship, if you want to call it that—doesn't just mean avoiding prime time; it means a total ban from
every single timeslot. Nobody is suggesting it should be played before or after cartoons... or, you know, during a school curriculum at 10 AM.
Besides, it looks like the local TV network decided to pull their censorship act. I saw the promo for a show yesterday scheduled for Sunday at 8 PM, and they're actually going to air the video.
Look, the video isn't "censored"—it's just not appropriate for certain time slots, fine. But it definitely doesn't warrant an absolute ban. On the flip side, it's up to the viewer whether they want to watch it or not—nobody's stopping you from changing the channel when Eminem comes on. At the end of the day, this just shows how much influence internet media has now, because everyone who wants to see the video will find it. Plus—it's still freedom of choice whether you want to download the video or not.