MTV has come under criticism for being too politically correct and sensitive by censoring too much of their programming. MTV altered or removed shows from the channel's schedule and music videos were censored, moved to late-night rotation, or banned entirely from the channel.
MTV has also heavily edited a number of music videos to remove references in lyrics to drugs, sex, violence, weapons, racism, homophobia, or advertising, and completely edits out the swear words. MTV will also remove any content that is a concern to copyright holders. For example, "Guilty Conscience" by Eminem (featuring Dr.Dre) contains lyrics like "leave her on the front porch" and "slip this in her drink" that were censored out on MTV.
MTV made several efforts to limit daytime rotation of music videos that it felt had too much sexual content to be shown following the controversy. Videos moved to late-night or obscure rotation included "This Love" by Maroon 5, "Splash Waterfalls" by Ludacris, "The Jump Off" by Lil' Kim, "Toxic" by Britney Spears, "I Miss You" by Blink-182, "Salt Shaker" by Ying Yang Twins, and "Hotel" by Cassidy.
MTV have also banned certain music videos because of their explicit content. This includes “Alejandro” by Lady Gaga and “S&M” by Rihanna.
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