China Bans Foreign Cartoons And Eats Sponge Bob
by Anorak | 22nd, February 2008
CHINA would eat Sponge Bob: “The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television is beefing up its campaign to protect domestic product by extending its primetime ban on foreign cartoons by an hour.”
The country’s top media regulator also demands that local TV stations get the censor’s approval before showing cartoons.
Beginning May 1, foreign toons such as the hugely popular “SpongeBob SquarePants” and Japanese mangas will be banned from 5-9 p.m. on local channels, Sarft said in a ruling that extends a 2006 order that banned cartoons from 5-8 p.m.
Who the hell watches children’s cartoons at 9pm, other than a goofed student?
Posted: 22nd, February 2008 | In: Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
