Sex machine should be off at 8 a.m., says CBSC

OTTAWA – Frank discussion on virtual sex without any viewer advisories is not a good idea at 8 a.m. on Easter Monday, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council said Wednesday. A viewer complained that a repeat episode of MTV Canada’s magazine/talk program MTV Live on the subject of virtual sex that aired on Monday, April 17, 2006 at 8 a.m. was offensive and the CBSC’s national specialty services panel determined that the episode contained dialogue that was too sexually explicit for a morning time-slot. The MTV Live episode contained segments relating to cyber-dating and cyber-sex, a virtual sex machine, and an...