Europe forces The Simpsons to remove nuclear power plant themes
In an effort, I suppose, to try and not hurt anyone’s feelings with the nuclear power plant crisis still ongoing in northeastern Japan, several countries in Europe have ordered episodes of The Simpsons to remove any mention of nuclear power plant disasters from the show. Because that’s helpful.
TV producers at Germany’s Pro7 channel reacted to the disaster by checking through new episodes of “The Simpsons” and removing “unsuitable” segments featuring trouble at character Mr. Burns’ nuclear power plant. Network executives in Austria and Switzerland have since taken Germany’s lead and followed suit.
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