Editing MTV (section)

=== Censorship ===
{{Main|Censorship on MTV}}
MTV has edited a number of music videos to remove nudity, references to drugs,<ref name="smut 8">{{harvnb|Williams|2005|p = 8}} In this case, a reference to [[crack cocaine]] was removed from the video for "[[My Band]]" by [[D12]].</ref> sex, violence, weapons, racism, [[homophobia]], and/or advertising.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nuzum|first=Eric|title=Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|year=2001|isbn=0-688-16772-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/parentaladvisory00nuzu/page/91 91–92]|title-link=Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America}}</ref> Many music videos aired on the channel were either censored, moved to late-night rotation, or banned entirely from the channel.

In the 1980s, parent media watchdog groups such as the [[Parents Music Resource Center]] (PMRC) criticized MTV over certain music videos that were claimed to have explicit imagery of [[satanism]]. As a result, MTV developed a strict policy on refusal to air videos that may depict Satanism or [[Antireligion|anti-religious]] themes.<ref name="censorthis">{{cite web|title=Music censorship in America|url=http://geocities.com/fireace_00/mtv.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808082618/http://geocities.com/fireace_00/mtv.html|archive-date=August 8, 2009}}</ref> This policy led MTV to ban music videos such as "[[Jesus Christ Pose]]" by [[Soundgarden]] in 1991<ref name="jcp">Prato, Greg. [{{AllMusic|class=song|id=t2765650|pure_url=yes}} "Jesus Christ Pose" review]. [[AllMusic]]</ref> and "[[Megalomaniac (Incubus song)|Megalomaniac]]" by [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] in 2004;<ref name="attack fcc" /> however, the controversial band [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] was among the most popular rock bands on MTV during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

On September 28, 2016, on an AfterBuzz TV live stream, [[Scout Durwood]] said that MTV had a "[[Cultural appropriation|no appropriation policy]]" that forbid her from wearing her hair in [[cornrows]] in an episode of ''[[Mary + Jane]]''. She said, "I wanted to cornrow my hair, and they were like, 'That's racist.'"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtUy3Yop2eQ&t=8m38s|minutes=8:38|via=YouTube|date=September 28, 2016|access-date=July 9, 2024|title=Mary + Jane Season 1 Episode 4 Review & After Show w/ Scout Durwood|publisher=AfterBuzz TV|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202021357/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtUy3Yop2eQ&t=8m38s|url-status=live}} Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/mtUy3Yop2eQ Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}}{{cbignore}}</ref>