NJ Lawmakers Ask MTV To Cancel ‘Jersey Shore’


NJ Lawmakers Ask MTV To Cancel ‘Jersey Shore’

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – MTV is getting more pressure to cancel its “Jersey Shore” reality show.

The latest criticism comes from the New Jersey Italian American Legislative Caucus, which says the show promotes derogatory ethnic stereotypes and is “wildly offensive.”

In a letter sent Tuesday to the president of Viacom, MTV’s parent company, caucus chairman Joseph Vitale asks that the show be immediately taken off the air.

The state lawmakers also have asked advertisers to boycott the show, which focuses on eight tanned 20-somethings and their escapades in Seaside Heights, a popular New Jersey beach town.

MTV has said its intention is not to stereotype or offend.

MTV is not going to cancel their #1 show. Let’s be real. And at the end of the day the MTV demo/audience ISN’T OFFENDED! Kids aren’t uptight about guido #fail.

That shit is funny. New Jersey should cancel themselves as a state, if they have a problem with a show that is HYPERBOLE!!!

[MTV Exec.] Tony DiSanto for president!

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