True, True, True. However, you have to realize that at the root of our dilemma is the entertainment industry and the political left and their horror of "political correctness"!! If you "just might" offend someone, then it must be BAD!!! Only "just might" is enough to set them running. But they fail to take into account shows like Saturday Night Live which has offended everyone at one time or another and it still draws millions of fans!!
No they have to get a blurb in the news about how they did something to clean up TV to make themselves more popular. It has nothing to do with entertainment or drawing more viewers.
Yes the Turkey slap by John and Ashley on Camilla was wrong (at 01:30 at night) Camilla said stop and they did!! Why was that fact not put more in the front? They respected a girl enough to stop when she said stop!! And nothing (or very little) was said about Michael in 2005 when he did the same thing in broad daylight to Michelle. Yes I realize Michael was a bit weird and John and Ashley were more clean-cut. But my point is that the incident garnered more publicity both for and against the show than they had had in years!!
Publicity in all of its forms can be the source of viewer numbers as well as sponsorship dollars...