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> From: tmc_6882part2@...
> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:30:58 +0000
> Subject: [SNICK_Tribute_Page] Nickelodeon had no role in Brown’s decision
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29640420/
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> Nickelodeon had no role in Brown's decision
>
>
> By Courtney Hazlett
> The Scoop
> msnbc.com
> updated 9:59 p.m. ET, Wed., March. 11, 2009
>
>
> When Chris Brown pulled himself out of the running for the Nickelodeon
> Kids' Choice awards via a statement issued March 11, Nickelodeon
> didn't have much — if any — role in Brown's decision or in crafting
> the announcement.
>
>
> The statement said, in part, "Unfortunately, the controversy
> surrounding the incident last month has shifted the focus from the
> music to whether he should be allowed to be among those nominated."
>
>
> In fact, the kids' channel didn't get as involved as many might expect
> in the decision, as just prior to the statement's release a source
> from inside Nickelodeon conceded that they "didn't expect him (Brown)
> to attend," but that Nickelodeon wasn't making any official decision
> about his attendance. "When we put out the statement saying it was up
> to the kids to decide who will win, it was just a statement. Just to
> have something out there," said the source.
>
>
> And rumors that Nickelodeon rejected a petition to have Brown removed
> from the nominees for the March 28 show are "totally untrue," says the
> source. "There was no rejecting of a petition."
>
>
> Nickelodeon wouldn't say whether they'd make any announcement at the
> show or do a special on domestic violence at a later date.
>
>
> Stopping short of addressing weighty issues is somewhat status quo,
> however. Nickelodeon hasn't discussed removing Michael Phelps' from
> the favorite male athlete category. After Jamie Lynn Spears announced
> her pregnancy, the idea of a teen pregnancy special was announced but
> never materialized.
>
>
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